CVE-2015-2971

Directory traversal vulnerability in Seeds acmailer before 3.8.18 and 3.9.x before 3.9.12 Beta allows remote authenticated users to delete arbitrary files via a crafted string.

Published: 2015-07-19 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2015-2971 is rated Moderate Risk (46.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.57%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-2971

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 2.37% 1.57% -0.79%
2 2026-02-05 3.08% 2.37% -0.71%
3 2025-03-30 3.08%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-2971

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.5 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P 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:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.0 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-2971

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-2971

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
seeds acmailer < 3.8.18 cpe:2.3:a:seeds:acmailer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
seeds acmailer 3.9.0 cpe:2.3:a:seeds:acmailer:3.9.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
seeds acmailer 3.9.1 cpe:2.3:a:seeds:acmailer:3.9.1:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
seeds acmailer 3.9.2 cpe:2.3:a:seeds:acmailer:3.9.2:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
seeds acmailer 3.9.3 cpe:2.3:a:seeds:acmailer:3.9.3:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
seeds acmailer 3.9.4 cpe:2.3:a:seeds:acmailer:3.9.4:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
seeds acmailer 3.9.5 cpe:2.3:a:seeds:acmailer:3.9.5:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
seeds acmailer 3.9.6 cpe:2.3:a:seeds:acmailer:3.9.6:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
seeds acmailer 3.9.7 cpe:2.3:a:seeds:acmailer:3.9.7:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
seeds acmailer 3.9.8 cpe:2.3:a:seeds:acmailer:3.9.8:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
seeds acmailer 3.9.9 cpe:2.3:a:seeds:acmailer:3.9.9:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
seeds acmailer 3.9.10 cpe:2.3:a:seeds:acmailer:3.9.10:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
seeds acmailer 3.9.11 cpe:2.3:a:seeds:acmailer:3.9.11:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-2971

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