CVE-2015-9266

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

74.00% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 99.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.8 (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: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

2018-09-05 21:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 08:43Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2018-09-04

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

e915a0eadeb7ae59c685c31576321cf6fb39af79aba8cde6aa8d37eed43b3591

• www.rapid7.comhttps://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/linux/ssh/ubiquiti_airos_file_uploadx_refsource_MISC
• www.exploit-db.com39701https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39701/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• hackerone.comhttps://hackerone.com/reports/73480x_refsource_MISC
• community.ubnt.comhttps://community.ubnt.com/t5/airMAX-Updates-Blog/Important-Security-Notice-and-airOS-5-6-5-Release/ba-p/1565949x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.exploit-db.com39853https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39853/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• community.ubnt.comhttps://community.ubnt.com/t5/airMAX-General-Discussion/Virus-attack-URGENT-UBNT/td-p/1562940x_refsource_MISC
• community.ubnt.comhttps://community.ubnt.com/t5/airMAX-Updates-Blog/Security-Release-for-airMAX-TOUGHSwitch-and-airGateway-Released/ba-p/1300494x_refsource_CONFIRM