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CVE-2015-8612 (GCVE-0-2015-8612)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-01-08 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 08:20
VLAI
Summary
The EnableNetwork method in the Network class in plugins/mechanism/Network.py in Blueman before 2.0.3 allows local users to gain privileges via the dhcp_handler argument.
Severity
8.4 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2015-12-18 00:00
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          },
          {
            "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
            "url": "https://twitter.com/thegrugq/status/677809527882813440"
          },
          {
            "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46186/"
          }
        ],
        "sourceIdentifier": "security@debian.org",
        "vulnStatus": "Modified",
        "weaknesses": [
          {
            "description": [
              {
                "lang": "en",
                "value": "CWE-264"
              }
            ],
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            "type": "Primary"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "redhat_vex": {
      "current_release_date": "2025-11-21T12:11:21+00:00",
      "cve": "CVE-2015-8612",
      "id": "CVE-2015-8612",
      "initial_release_date": "2015-12-18T00:00:00+00:00",
      "product_status:known_not_affected": "1",
      "source": "Red Hat CSAF VEX",
      "status": "final",
      "title": "blueman: Privilege escalation in dbus API",
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      "aggregate_severity": "moderate",
      "current_release_date": "2026-05-09T03:08:44Z",
      "cve": "CVE-2015-8612",
      "id": "CVE-2015-8612",
      "initial_release_date": "2023-02-15T05:11:40Z",
      "source": "SUSE CSAF VEX",
      "status": "interim",
      "title": "SUSE CVE CVE-2015-8612",
      "url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf-vex/cve-2015-8612.json",
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    }
  }
}



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