CVE-2015-3316

CA Common Services, as used in CA Client Automation r12.5 SP01, r12.8, and r12.9; CA Network and Systems Management r11.0, r11.1, and r11.2; CA NSM Job Management Option r11.0, r11.1, and r11.2; CA Universal Job Management Agent; CA Virtual Assurance for Infrastructure Managers (aka SystemEDGE) 12.6, 12.7, 12.8, and 12.9; and CA Workload Automation AE r11, r11.3, r11.3.5, and r11.3.6 on UNIX, allows local users to gain privileges via an unspecified environment variable.

Published: 2015-06-17 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2015-3316 is rated Low Risk (25.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.07%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-3316

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 2025-05-22 0.17% 0.07% -0.10%
2 2025-03-30 0.12% 0.17% +0.05%
3 2025-03-29 0.12%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-3316

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.6 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
3.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-3316

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-3316

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
broadcom network_and_systems_management r11.1 cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:network_and_systems_management:r11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ca client_automation r12.5 cpe:2.3:a:ca:client_automation:r12.5:sp01:*:*:*:*:*:*
ca client_automation r12.8 cpe:2.3:a:ca:client_automation:r12.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ca client_automation r12.9 cpe:2.3:a:ca:client_automation:r12.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ca network_and_systems_management r11.2 cpe:2.3:a:ca:network_and_systems_management:r11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ca nsm_job_management_option r11.0 cpe:2.3:a:ca:nsm_job_management_option:r11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ca nsm_job_management_option r11.1 cpe:2.3:a:ca:nsm_job_management_option:r11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ca nsm_job_management_option r11.2 cpe:2.3:a:ca:nsm_job_management_option:r11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ca universal_job_management_agent cpe:2.3:a:ca:universal_job_management_agent:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ca virtual_assurance_for_infrastructure_managers 12.6 cpe:2.3:a:ca:virtual_assurance_for_infrastructure_managers:12.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ca virtual_assurance_for_infrastructure_managers 12.7 cpe:2.3:a:ca:virtual_assurance_for_infrastructure_managers:12.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ca virtual_assurance_for_infrastructure_managers 12.8 cpe:2.3:a:ca:virtual_assurance_for_infrastructure_managers:12.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ca virtual_assurance_for_infrastructure_managers 12.9 cpe:2.3:a:ca:virtual_assurance_for_infrastructure_managers:12.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ca workload_automation_ae r11 cpe:2.3:a:ca:workload_automation_ae:r11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ca workload_automation_ae r11.3 cpe:2.3:a:ca:workload_automation_ae:r11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ca workload_automation_ae r11.3.5 cpe:2.3:a:ca:workload_automation_ae:r11.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ca workload_automation_ae r11.3.6 cpe:2.3:a:ca:workload_automation_ae:r11.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-3316

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