#VU40338 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Opensuse - CVE-2015-8842

Vulnerability identifier: #VU40338

Vulnerability risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-8842

CWE-ID: CWE-264

Exploitation vector: Local

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
Opensuse
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

Vendor: SUSE

Description

The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to gain access to sensitive information.

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.

Mitigation
Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Opensuse: 13.2

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External links
https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00044.html
https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00109.html
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/08/14
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/08/15
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=972612
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/afae249efa4774c6676738ac5de6aeb4daf4889f

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.