CVE-2015-8612
The EnableNetwork method in the Network class in plugins/mechanism/Network.py in Blueman before 2.0.3 allows local users to gain…
- 8.4HighCVSS base score
- 6.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 6.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and an Exploit-DB entry for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
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Metasploit modules1 module
- blueman set_dhcp_handler D-Bus Privilege Escalation (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/linux/local/blueman_set_dhcp_handler_dbus_priv_escRank excellentdisclosed 18 Dec 2015
Exploit-DB1 entry
- blueman - set_dhcp_handler D-Bus Privilege Escalation (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 46186local, linuxpublished 16 Jan 2019Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 46186 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
ID reserved
By debian
- 21 days later
· 21 days later
Published
- 9 years later
· 9 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High8.4 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.3% · top 6.3% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.4.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
10
- 79688 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- DSA-3427 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 46186 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- SSA:2015-356-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREx_transferred
- https://twitter.com/thegrugq/status/677809527882813440 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20151218 CVE request: Blueman: Privilege escalation in blueman dbus API (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://github.com/blueman-project/blueman/issues/416 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20151218 Re: CVE request: Blueman: Privilege escalation in blueman dbus API (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135047/Slackware-Security-Advisory-blueman-Updates.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/blueman-project/blueman/releases/tag/2.0.3 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2015-8489 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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