CVE-2015-7529

7.8 HIGH
Published: November 06, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026
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Description

sosreport in SoS 3.x allows local users to obtain sensitive information from sosreport files or gain privileges via a symlink attack on an archive file in a temporary directory, as demonstrated by sosreport-$hostname-$date.tar in /tmp/sosreport-$hostname-$date.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0152.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0188.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83162
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2845-1
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0152
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0188
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1282542
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/sosreport/sos/issues/696
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0152.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0188.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83162
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2845-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0152
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0188
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1282542
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/sosreport/sos/issues/696
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

16 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
7.8 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.4%
35th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-59

Affected Vendors

canonical sos_project redhat

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