01 Record

CVE-2015-8946

ecryptfs-setup-swap in eCryptfs before 111 does not prevent the unencrypted swap partition from activating during boot when using GPT partitioning and certain versions of systemd, which allows local

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

ecryptfs-setup-swap in eCryptfs before 111 does not prevent the unencrypted swap partition from activating during boot when using GPT partitioning and certain versions of systemd, which allows local

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: 0.35% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Ranks above 28.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: 3.3 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
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

2016-07-22 14:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 08:36Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-07-14

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized ActorClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

83e95266235c28110939e7dd7f595d6d0e69aab84a349e08ffee0749fd776984

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

canonicalubuntu_linuxNot specified—

ecryptfsecryptfs-utilsNot specified—

redhatenterprise_linuxNot specified—

06 References

www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160714 Re: CVE Requests: Information exposure caused by ecryptfs-setup-swap failureshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/14/3mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160713 CVE Requests: Information exposure caused by ecryptfs-setup-swap failureshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/13/2mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
bazaar.launchpad.nethttps://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ecryptfs/ecryptfs/trunk/revision/857x_refsource_CONFIRM
bugs.launchpad.nethttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ecryptfs-utils/+bug/1447282x_refsource_CONFIRM
www.ubuntu.comUSN-3032-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3032-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU

01 Record index

CVE-2015-8946

02 Description

03 Exploitation and scoring

04 Metadata

05 Affected products

06 References

02 Records

CVE-2015-8946

02 Description

03 Exploitation and scoring

04 Metadata

05 Affected products

06 References