CVE-2015-4082
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…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.49%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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".
- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.49% probability · 85th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- attic project/attic
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.5% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/31/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74821Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/jborg/attic/commit/78f9ad1faba7193ca7f0acccbc13b1ff6ebf9072Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/jborg/attic/issues/271Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/31/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74821Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/jborg/attic/commit/78f9ad1faba7193ca7f0acccbc13b1ff6ebf9072Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/jborg/attic/issues/271Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.