CVE-2015-5224

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of 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

4.52% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 91.2% 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

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

Red Hat severity

Low. 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

2017-08-23 15:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-12-04 20:03Z10 MO AGO

Reserved

2015-07-01

Assigning CNA

redhat

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-377Insecure Temporary FileClass

Data version

5.2

Document digest

f76abe6c993039d5212454e1061e5358db4f54715e29abbe335ba8dfb0f2b83c

• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1256686x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com76467http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76467vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20150824 CVE-2015-5224 login-utils: file name collision due to incorrect mkstemp usehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/24/3mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• github.comhttps://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/commit/bde91c85bdc77975155058276f99d2e0f5eab5a9x_refsource_CONFIRM