3.3

CVE-2015-8842: opensuse

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2015-8842DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8842
Published 20-04-2016Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2015-8842 is a low (CVSS 3.3) vulnerability in opensuse. EPSS estimates a 0.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 29.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 3.3, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
3.3/10
010
Low · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.36%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 2
SUSE-SU-2016:1346-1SUSE-SU-2016:1351-1

Timeline

  1. 20-04-2016
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.36%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

30%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.36% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Debian1 product
  • systemd< 215-1
Opensuse1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • systemd< 229-4ubuntu1

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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