CVE-2015-8842

LOW

openSUSE - Information Disclosure via Weak Permissions in systemd Journal Logs

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/08/15
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/08/14
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00109.html
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=972612

Scores

CVSS v3 3.3
EPSS 0.0007
EPSS Percentile 21.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-264
Status published
Products (1)
opensuse/opensuse 13.2
Published Apr 20, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026