CVE-2015-2079

Exploitation

Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• 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

1.56% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 75.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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

2025-04-28 00:00Z1 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-04-28 15:26Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2015-02-24

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.9)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-96Improper Neutralization of Directives in Statically Saved Code ('Static Code Injection')Base
• CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

b4599dd9c274fbbb1ebc1d9c650be332ed2b485c285c06740198e8045fd7b8e6

• code-white.comhttps://code-white.com/public-vulnerability-list/
• code-white.comhttps://code-white.com/blog/2015-05-cve-2015-2079-rce-usermin/