Vulnerability Instance

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{
    "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/vulnerabilities/7436?format=api",
    "vulnerability_id": "VCID-kx2x-yma1-bffd",
    "summary": "sosreport 3.2 uses weak permissions for generated sosreport archives, which allows local users with access to /var/tmp/ to obtain sensitive information by reading the contents of the archive.",
    "aliases": [
        {
            "alias": "CVE-2015-3171"
        },
        {
            "alias": "GHSA-gw46-8559-cggp"
        },
        {
            "alias": "PYSEC-2017-72"
        }
    ],
    "fixed_packages": [
        {
            "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/61383?format=api",
            "purl": "pkg:pypi/sosreport@3.3",
            "is_vulnerable": false,
            "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [],
            "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:pypi/sosreport@3.3"
        }
    ],
    "affected_packages": [],
    "references": [
        {
            "reference_url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-3171",
            "reference_id": "",
            "reference_type": "",
            "scores": [
                {
                    "value": "0.00037",
                    "scoring_system": "epss",
                    "scoring_elements": "0.11323",
                    "published_at": "2026-05-30T12:55:00Z"
                }
            ],
            "url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-3171"
        },
        {
            "reference_url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1218658",
            "reference_id": "",
            "reference_type": "",
            "scores": [],
            "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1218658"
        },
        {
            "reference_url": "https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/sosreport/PYSEC-2017-72.yaml",
            "reference_id": "",
            "reference_type": "",
            "scores": [],
            "url": "https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/sosreport/PYSEC-2017-72.yaml"
        },
        {
            "reference_url": "https://github.com/sosreport/sos",
            "reference_id": "",
            "reference_type": "",
            "scores": [],
            "url": "https://github.com/sosreport/sos"
        },
        {
            "reference_url": "https://github.com/sosreport/sos/commit/d7759d3ddae5fe99a340c88a1d370d65cfa73fd6",
            "reference_id": "",
            "reference_type": "",
            "scores": [],
            "url": "https://github.com/sosreport/sos/commit/d7759d3ddae5fe99a340c88a1d370d65cfa73fd6"
        },
        {
            "reference_url": "https://github.com/sosreport/sos/issues/425",
            "reference_id": "",
            "reference_type": "",
            "scores": [],
            "url": "https://github.com/sosreport/sos/issues/425"
        },
        {
            "reference_url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3171",
            "reference_id": "CVE-2015-3171",
            "reference_type": "",
            "scores": [],
            "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3171"
        },
        {
            "reference_url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gw46-8559-cggp",
            "reference_id": "GHSA-gw46-8559-cggp",
            "reference_type": "",
            "scores": [],
            "url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gw46-8559-cggp"
        }
    ],
    "weaknesses": [
        {
            "cwe_id": 200,
            "name": "Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor",
            "description": "The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information."
        },
        {
            "cwe_id": 937,
            "name": "OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities",
            "description": "Weaknesses in this category are related to the A9 category in the OWASP Top Ten 2013."
        },
        {
            "cwe_id": 1035,
            "name": "OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities",
            "description": "Weaknesses in this category are related to the A9 category in the OWASP Top Ten 2017."
        }
    ],
    "exploits": [],
    "severity_range_score": null,
    "exploitability": null,
    "weighted_severity": null,
    "risk_score": null,
    "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/vulnerabilities/VCID-kx2x-yma1-bffd"
}