Vulnerability in Sos Project

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 sosreport-$hostname-$date.tar in /tmp/sosreport-$hostname-$date.

EPSS: 0.004 (35.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-7529?
CVE-2015-7529 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sos Project, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-11-06.
How severe is CVE-2015-7529?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2015-7529 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.