CVE-2015-0794

modules.d/90crypt/module-setup.sh in the dracut package before 037-17.30.1 in openSUSE 13.2 allows local users to have unspecified impact via a symlink attack on /tmp/dracut_block_uuid.map.

Published: 2015-11-19 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2015-0794 is rated Low Risk (26.6/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.14%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-0794

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-01-10 0.05% 0.14% +0.09%
2 2025-03-30 0.05% 0.05% -0.00%
3 2025-03-29 0.05%

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-0794

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
3.6 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
3.9 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-0794

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-0794

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2015-0794 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (dracut), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-0794
ubuntu low CVE-2015-0794 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (dracut), 11 status rows across 11 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, precise, trusty, upstream, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): ignored 6, not-affected 4, DNE 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-0794

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-0794

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
dracut_project dracut < 037-17.30.1 cpe:2.3:a:dracut_project:dracut:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-0794

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