CVE-2015-8556

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

13.37% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 96.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

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

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

2017-03-24 14:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 08:20Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2015-12-14

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')Class
• CWE-250Execution with Unnecessary PrivilegesBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

d36fd3ae6ce9ec44f7d7d812d66412ffdfc2f2849441eacbb479d0bdcb5662c1

• www.exploit-db.com39010https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39010/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134948/Gentoo-QEMU-Local-Privilege-Escalation.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201602-01https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO