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CVE-2020-15238

36
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-15238 describes an argument injection vulnerability in Blueman, a GTK+ Bluetooth Manager, affecting versions prior to 2.1.4. This flaw allows a local attacker to inject arguments into the DhcpClient method of the blueman-mechanism D-Bus interface. The vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.0 (High) due to its potential for high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, though its attack complexity is high. While not actively exploited in the wild and not on the KEV catalog, an ExploitDB entry (EDB-48963) exists, indicating public exploit code availability. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.1.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:blueman_project:blueman:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
31CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
32CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.1HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:L

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
4.7
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.59%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-48963 · Oct 28, 2020
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0459 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 1,523 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.4 InfoSec Media, 0.1 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/159740/Blueman-Local-Root-Privilege-Escalation.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
bugs.launchpad.net / ubuntu/+source/blueman/+bug/1897287
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
github.com / blueman-project/blueman/releases/tag/2.1.4
Third Party Advisory
github.com / blueman-project/blueman/security/advisories/GHSA-jpc9-mgw6-2xwx
Third Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00005.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3F4EQU6CAPBKAPJ42HTB473NJLXFKB32
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6CFLMNHAHX5HPIKC5IG6F25HO5Z6RH2N
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/W52NP7HRFTNAVNZLGKY4GR3JIZG5KKGS
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202011-11
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2020/dsa-4781
Third Party Advisory