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CVE-2015-8842

12
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-8842 describes a weak permissions vulnerability in systemd before version 229, specifically within tmpfiles.d/systemd.conf, affecting openSUSE. This flaw allows local users with low privileges to read sensitive information from /var/log/journal/%m/system.journal. The vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 3.3, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity and a potential impact of only information disclosure. 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
13.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

3.3LOW

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.36%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
28.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0036 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 1,511 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-8842Low

systemd: improper use of tmpfiles.d to create persistent journal files

Apr 8, 2016

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00044.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00109.html
bugzilla.suse.com / show_bug.cgi
github.com / systemd/systemd/commit/afae249efa4774c6676738ac5de6aeb4daf4889f
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/04/08/14
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/04/08/15