What is CVE-2015-3171?

CVE-2015-3171 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sos Project, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-07-25.

How severe is CVE-2015-3171?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Sos Project

CVE-2015-3171

sosreport 3.2 uses weak permissions for generated sosreport archives, which allows local users with access to /var/tmp/ to obtain sensitive information by reading the contents of the archive.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2017-07-25 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (25.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 25th percentile — 25.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Sos Project — versions 3.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

github.com/sosreport/sos/commit/d7759d3ddae5fe99a340c88a1d370d65cfa73fd6 (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-3171?: CVE-2015-3171 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sos Project, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-07-25.
How severe is CVE-2015-3171?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.