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CVE-2015-7529

sos: Usage of predictable temporary files allows privilege escalation

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

6

CVSS 2.0

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Published · December 1, 2015

Updated · May 13, 2026

Description

An insecure temporary file use flaw was found in the way sos created certain sosreport files. A local attacker could possibly use this flaw to perform a symbolic link attack to reveal the contents of sosreport files, or in some cases modify arbitrary files and escalate their privileges on the system.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 6
AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CWE-377 · Insecure Temporary File