CVE-2015-4082
medium
CVSS v3
6.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
6.5
Description
attic before 0.15 does not confirm unencrypted backups with the user, which allows remote attackers with read and write privileges for the encrypted repository to obtain potentially sensitive information by changing the manifest type byte of the repository to "unencrypted / without key file".
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| attic_project | attic | {"endIncluding":"0.14"} | |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-4082
- https://github.com/jborg/attic/issues/271
- https://github.com/jborg/attic/commit/78f9ad1faba7193ca7f0acccbc13b1ff6ebf9072
- https://github.com/jborg/attic
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/attic/PYSEC-2017-6.yaml
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200517225455/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74821
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/31/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74821
CWEs
CWE-264
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.