CVE-2015-1187

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-03-25. Federal remediation due 2022-04-15.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

82.86% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 99.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2017-09-21 16:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-21 23:55Z10 MO AGO

Reserved

2015-01-17

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-287Improper AuthenticationClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

a400c9fc5ca04fc14174df645a5777618c756d980ca73bca1315846dfd27b758

• securityadvisories.dlink.comhttp://securityadvisories.dlink.com/security/publication.aspx?name=SAP10052x_refsource_CONFIRM
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130607/D-Link-DIR636L-Remote-Command-Injection.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131465/D-Link-TRENDnet-NCC-Service-Command-Injection.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/darkarnium/secpub/tree/master/Multivendor/ncc2x_refsource_MISC
• www.securityfocus.com72848http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72848vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• seclists.org20150302 CVE-2015-1187: D-Link DIR-636L Remote Command Injection - Incorrect Authenticationhttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Mar/15mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-1187government-resource