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High
CVE-2015-7529
sosreport in SoS 3.x allows local users to obtain sensitive...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2845-1
- https://github.com/sosreport/sos/issues/696
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0152.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0188.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83162
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0188
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1282542
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0152
Affected Vendor
sos project
View all reports →Affected Software
sos, ubuntu linux, enterprise linux desktop, enterprise linux server, enterprise linux server aus, enterprise linux server eus, enterprise linux server tus, enterprise linux workstation
Vulnerable Versions:
3.0, 14.04, 15.04, 15.10, 6.0, 7.0, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.6, 7.7, 6.7, 7.5
Timeline
Official Publish:
November 6th, 2017
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.