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CVE-2015-8612

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.4 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 6.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2016-01-08 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

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.

Affected products

• Blueman Project Blueman: through 2.0

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135047/Slackware-Security-Advisory-blueman-Updates.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3427
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/18/6
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/19/1
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79688
• http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2015&m=slackware-security.421085
• https://github.com/blueman-project/blueman/issues/416
• https://github.com/blueman-project/blueman/releases/tag/2.0.3
• https://twitter.com/thegrugq/status/677809527882813440
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46186/
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135047/Slackware-Security-Advisory-blueman-Updates.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3427

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