CVE-2015-8034 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The state.sls function in Salt before 2015.8.3 uses weak permissions on the cache data, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the file.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00035.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data.

Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Saltstack Subscribe	Salt Subscribe

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-0116	The state.sls function in Salt before 2015.8.3 uses weak permissions on the cache data, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the file.
Github GHSA	GHSA-6prw-8xhm-h247	Salt uses weak permissions on the cache data

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96390
https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2015.8.3.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8034
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8034

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-01-30T22:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T08:06:31.617Z

Reserved: 2015-11-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-8034

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-01-30T22:59:00.263

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2015-8034

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2015-10-30T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-8034 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-200

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