CVE-2014-9770 (GCVE-0-2014-9770)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-04-20 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 13:55
VLAI
Summary
tmpfiles.d/systemd.conf in systemd before 214 uses weak permissions for journal files under (1) /run/log/journal/%m and (2) /var/log/journal/%m, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading these files.
Severity
3.3 (Low)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2014-06-11 00:00
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