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CVE-2015-3243

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CVE-2015-3243 describes a vulnerability in rsyslog where weak permissions on generated log files, specifically in /var/log/cron, allow local users to access sensitive information. This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 5.5) has a low attack complexity and requires local access, but can lead to high confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.45%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
36.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0045 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 15,938 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: rsyslog
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Storage 2.1Fixed in: rsyslog

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-3243Low

rsyslog: some log files are created world-readable

Jun 18, 2015

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2015/06/18/12
Mailing ListVDB Entry
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2015/06/20/3
Mailing ListVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/75298
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1032885
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry