High severity · published Nov 6, 2017
CVE-2015-7529
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,…
7.8
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 38% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EL
Enterprise Linux Desktop · Redhat
6.0; 7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server · Redhat
6.0; 7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server Aus · Redhat
7.2; 7.3; 7.4; 7.6; 7.7 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server Eus · Redhat
6.7; 7.2; 7.3; 7.4; 7.5; 7.6; +1 more · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server Tus · Redhat
7.2; 7.3; 7.6; 7.7 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Workstation · Redhat
6.0; 7.0 · source: NVD
SO
Sos · Sos Project
3.0 through 3.8 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
14.04; 15.04; 15.10 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7529
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-7529
Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0152.html
Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0188.html
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83162
Issue Tracking
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2845-1
Issue Tracking
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0152
Issue Tracking
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0188
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