01 Record

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, as demonstrated by

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 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

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 0.44% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 38.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity: Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2017-11-06 17:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 07:51Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2015-09-29

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')Base
CWE-377Insecure Temporary FileClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

35753f8a7574137ffd8e974345663553aee7776ee44db6d59d0e28fd1b18f54e

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

canonicalubuntu_linuxNot specified—

redhatenterprise_linuxNot specified—

redhatenterprise_linux_desktopNot specified—

redhatenterprise_linux_serverNot specified—

redhatenterprise_linux_server_ausNot specified—

redhatenterprise_linux_server_eusNot specified—

redhatenterprise_linux_server_tusNot specified—

redhatenterprise_linux_workstationNot specified—

redhatopenstackNot specified—

sos_projectsosNot specified—

06 References

www.ubuntu.comUSN-2845-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2845-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
github.comhttps://github.com/sosreport/sos/issues/696x_refsource_CONFIRM
rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:0152http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0152.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:0188http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0188.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
www.securityfocus.com83162http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83162vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0188x_refsource_MISC
bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1282542x_refsource_CONFIRM
access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0152x_refsource_MISC

07 Fixed in

Debian 12

sosreport
Fixed in 3.2+git276-g7da50d6-3

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

sosreport
Fixed in 3.1-1ubuntu2.2

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

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