CVE-2015-3284

pioctls in OpenAFS 1.6.x before 1.6.13 allows local users to read kernel memory via crafted commands.

Published: 2015-08-12 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2015-3284 is rated Low Risk (19.1/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.38%). Mandatory action: Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-3284

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 0.14% 0.38% +0.24%
2 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.14% +0.10%
3 2023-03-07 0.04%

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-3284

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-3284

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-3284

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2015-3284 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (openafs), 4 status rows across 4 suites (bookworm, bullseye, sid, trixie): resolved 4. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-3284
ubuntu medium CVE-2015-3284 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (openafs), 5 status rows across 5 suites (precise, trusty, upstream, vivid, wily): released 3, ignored 1, not-affected 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-3284

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-3284

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
openafs openafs <= 1.6.12 cpe:2.3:a:openafs:openafs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-3284

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