Vulnerability Report

CVE-2015-8842

Title: Opensuse Information Disclosure

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2015-8842.

CWE Category CWE-264
Published Date Apr 20, 2016
Modified Date May 06, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 3.3 CVSS v3.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.07%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2015-8842: tmpfiles.d/systemd.conf in systemd before 229 uses weak permissions for /var/log/journal/%m/system.journal, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the file.

Impacted Vendors

O
opensuse 1
S
suse 1

Reference Links

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00044.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00109.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/08/14 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/08/15 https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=972612 https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/afae249efa4774c6676738ac5de6aeb4daf4889f http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00044.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00109.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/08/14 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/08/15 https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=972612 https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/afae249efa4774c6676738ac5de6aeb4daf4889f
CVSS v3.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity LOW
3.3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity LOW
2.1
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2015-8842 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector LOCAL
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.