CVE-2015-4068

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

63.64% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 99.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.1 (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:N/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

2015-05-29 15:00Z11 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-21 23:56Z10 MO AGO

Reserved

2015-05-22

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.1)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

13a234652f330b856b8fe3b1d354b86458e60981008adaf9c2d8c58a82ad2bc9

• www.zerodayinitiative.comhttp://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-242/x_refsource_MISC
• www.securityfocus.com74845http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74845vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• documentation.arcserve.comhttp://documentation.arcserve.com/Arcserve-UDP/Available/V5/ENU/Bookshelf_Files/HTML/Update%204/UDP_Update4_ReleaseNotes.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.zerodayinitiative.comhttp://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-241/x_refsource_MISC
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-4068government-resource