CVE-2015-3246

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2026-08-26. Federal remediation due 2026-09-09.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• 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

7.09% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 93.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-08-26.

Red Hat severity

Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

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

2015-08-11 14:00Z11 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-08-27 03:56Z16 MIN AGO

Reserved

2015-04-10

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 5.1)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-367Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race ConditionBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

48afa110f5fc11ac47f574d050eb1c4c023f133777bf624b3abb441425846efc

• www.securityfocus.com76022http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76022vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2015-12301http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/162947.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• www.exploit-db.com44633https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44633/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/articles/1537873x_refsource_CONFIRM
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2015:1482http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1482.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2015-12064http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/163044.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2015:1332http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00000.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• www.qualys.comhttps://www.qualys.com/2015/07/23/cve-2015-3245-cve-2015-3246/cve-2015-3245-cve-2015-3246.txtx_refsource_MISC
• www.securitytracker.com1033040http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033040vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2015:1483http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1483.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• blog.talosintelligence.comhttps://blog.talosintelligence.com/uat-10147-chinese-speaking-adversary-integrates-agentic-ai-into-post-compromise-operations/third-party-advisory
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-3246government-resource