CVE-2015-7723

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

0.57% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 44.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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

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

2017-06-07 14:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 07:58Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2015-10-06

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

f54394357c5e4dafae19c092db584ff0355fe9cf5515f7a3444363b1bbd1c900

• www.portcullis-security.comhttps://www.portcullis-security.com/security-research-and-downloads/security-advisories/cve-2015-7723/x_refsource_MISC
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134121/AMD-fglrx-driver-14.4.2-Privilege-Escalation.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• seclists.org20151029 CVE-2015-7723 - Privilege Escalation Via Symlink Attacks On POSIX Shared Memory With Insecure Permissions In AMD fglrx-driverhttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Oct/104mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
• www.securityfocus.com20151029 CVE-2015-7723 - Privilege Escalation Via Symlink Attacks On POSIX Shared Memory With Insecure Permissions In AMD fglrx-driverhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536783/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
• www.securityfocus.com77357http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77357vdb-entryx_refsource_BID