01 Record
CVE-2015-7723
AMD fglrx-driver before 15.7 allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
AMD fglrx-driver before 15.7 allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- 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
- Equal to or higher than the score of 47.0% 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.
04 Metadata
- 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
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.portcullis-security.comhttps://www.portcullis-security.com/security-research-and-downloads/security-advisories/cve-2015-7723/
- packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134121/AMD-fglrx-driver-14.4.2-Privilege-Escalation.html
- 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/104
- 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/threaded
- www.securityfocus.com77357http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77357