01 Record
CVE-2015-9231
iTerm2 3.x before 3.1.1 allows remote attackers to discover passwords by reading DNS queries. A new (default) feature was added to iTerm2 version 3.0.0 (and unreleased 2.9.x versions such as
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
iTerm2 3.x before 3.1.1 allows remote attackers to discover passwords by reading DNS queries. A new (default) feature was added to iTerm2 version 3.0.0 (and unreleased 2.9.x versions such as
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
- 2.23% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 82.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (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:U/C:H/I:N/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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2017-09-20 20:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-16 17:23Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2017-09-20
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized ActorClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- eca2277a29eb0681e262f6acb2b36579cfa2c281334429842c522dbaa7b5bb44
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- gitlab.comhttps://gitlab.com/gnachman/iterm2/issues/6050
- gitlab.comhttps://gitlab.com/gnachman/iterm2/issues/5303
- github.comhttps://github.com/gnachman/iTerm2/commit/33ccaf61e34ef32ffc9d6b2be5dd218f6bb55f51
- gitlab.comhttps://gitlab.com/gnachman/iterm2/wikis/dnslookupissue
- github.comhttps://github.com/gnachman/iTerm2/commit/e4eb1063529deb575b75b396138d41554428d522
- gitlab.comhttps://gitlab.com/gnachman/iterm2/issues/6068
- gitlab.comhttps://gitlab.com/gnachman/iterm2/issues/3688
- news.ycombinator.comhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15286956