CVE-2015-1815

Exp

The get_rpm_nvr_by_file_path_temporary function in util.py in setroubleshoot before 3.2.22 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a file name.

Published: 2015-03-30 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2015-1815 is rated High Exploit Risk (83.8/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 16.45%, 97th percentile). Core evidence: 5 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2015-1815

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
36564 exploit_db edb 2015-03-30 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-1815

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 36.47% 16.45% -20.02%
2 2025-07-06 39.95% 36.47% -3.48%
3 2025-06-26 39.95%

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-1815

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-1815

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-1815

vendor priority summary link
redhat high https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1815
ubuntu negligible CVE-2015-1815 negligible priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (sepolgen), 13 status rows across 13 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): ignored 8, not-affected 3, DNE 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1815

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-1815

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
selinux setroubleshoot <= 3.2.21 cpe:2.3:a:selinux:setroubleshoot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 22 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-1815

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