CVE-2015-7529

sos: Usage of predictable temporary files allows privilege escalation

Published Nov 6, 2017 CVSS 3.1 · 7.8 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-0131 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-3g56-2hh3-35ph SoSReport Predictable Tmp File Names
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2845-1 SoS vulnerabilities
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