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Vulnerability details: VCID-9k7d-e6db-bqe5
Vulnerability ID VCID-9k7d-e6db-bqe5
Aliases CVE-2015-7529
GHSA-3g56-2hh3-35ph
PYSEC-2017-73
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 0.0
Risk None
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
cvssv3.1 7.8 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0152.html
cvssv4 8.5 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0152.html
generic_textual HIGH http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0152.html
cvssv3.1 7.8 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0188.html
cvssv4 8.5 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0188.html
generic_textual HIGH http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0188.html
cvssv3.1 7.8 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0152
cvssv4 8.5 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0152
generic_textual HIGH https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0152
cvssv3.1 7.8 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0188
cvssv4 8.5 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0188
generic_textual HIGH https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0188
cvssv3.1 7.8 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7529
cvssv4 8.5 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7529
generic_textual HIGH https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7529
epss 0.00058 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-7529
cvssv3.1 7.8 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1282542
cvssv4 8.5 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1282542
generic_textual HIGH https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1282542
cvssv3.1 7.8 https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/sosreport/PYSEC-2017-73.yaml
cvssv4 8.5 https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/sosreport/PYSEC-2017-73.yaml
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/sosreport/PYSEC-2017-73.yaml
cvssv3.1 7.8 https://github.com/sosreport/sos
cvssv4 8.5 https://github.com/sosreport/sos
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/sosreport/sos
cvssv3.1 7.8 https://github.com/sosreport/sos/issues/696
cvssv4 8.5 https://github.com/sosreport/sos/issues/696
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/sosreport/sos/issues/696
cvssv3.1 7.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7529
cvssv4 8.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7529
generic_textual HIGH https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7529
cvssv3.1 7.8 https://web.archive.org/web/20160416033632/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83162
cvssv4 8.5 https://web.archive.org/web/20160416033632/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83162
generic_textual HIGH https://web.archive.org/web/20160416033632/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83162
cvssv3.1 7.8 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2845-1
cvssv4 8.5 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2845-1
generic_textual HIGH http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2845-1
Reference id Reference type URL
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0152.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0188.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0152
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0188
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-7529
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1282542
https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/sosreport/PYSEC-2017-73.yaml
https://github.com/sosreport/sos
https://github.com/sosreport/sos/issues/696
https://web.archive.org/web/20160416033632/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83162
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83162
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2845-1
CVE-2015-7529 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7529
CVE-2015-7529 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7529
GHSA-3g56-2hh3-35ph https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3g56-2hh3-35ph
USN-2845-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/2845-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0152.html
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0152.html
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0188.html
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0188.html
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0152
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0152
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Attack Requirements (AT) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (VC) Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (VI) Vulnerable System Impact Availability (VA) Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (SC) Subsequent System Impact Integrity (SI) Subsequent System Impact Availability (SA)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0188
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0188
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7529
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7529
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Attack Requirements (AT) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (VC) Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (VI) Vulnerable System Impact Availability (VA) Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (SC) Subsequent System Impact Integrity (SI) Subsequent System Impact Availability (SA)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1282542
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1282542
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Attack Requirements (AT) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (VC) Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (VI) Vulnerable System Impact Availability (VA) Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (SC) Subsequent System Impact Integrity (SI) Subsequent System Impact Availability (SA)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/sosreport/PYSEC-2017-73.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/sosreport/PYSEC-2017-73.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/sosreport/sos
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://github.com/sosreport/sos
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/sosreport/sos/issues/696
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://github.com/sosreport/sos/issues/696
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7529
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7529
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://web.archive.org/web/20160416033632/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83162
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://web.archive.org/web/20160416033632/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83162
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2845-1
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2845-1
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.18248
EPSS Score 0.00058
Published At May 30, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-05-30T20:17:30.984963+00:00 Pypa Importer Import https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/blob/main/vulns/sosreport/PYSEC-2017-73.yaml 38.6.0