CVE-2015-8621

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

0.37% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 30.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.5 (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:N/I:H/A:N

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

2017-08-07 17:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 08:20Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2015-12-23

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-264

Data version

5.1

Document digest

23d4dba30a736c3474ddc7ea82a15e0af04736cd099f0b340a8214a2978067e1

• bugs.debian.orghttps://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=751579x_refsource_CONFIRM
• people.canonical.comhttps://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2015/CVE-2015-8621.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20151223 Re: CVE-request: ~/.t_coffee/ is world-writablehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/23/4mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• cve.killedkenny.iohttp://cve.killedkenny.io/cve/CVE-2015-8621x_refsource_MISC
• security-tracker.debian.orghttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8621/x_refsource_CONFIRM