CVE-2015-5199

Directory traversal vulnerability in dlopen in libvdpau before 1.1.1 allows local users to gain privileges via the VDPAU_DRIVER environment variable.

Published: 2015-09-08 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2015-5199 is rated Low Risk (29.5/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.04%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-5199

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 2023-03-07 1.28% 0.04% -1.24%
2 2022-02-04 — 1.28% —

Full EPSS history (2 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-5199

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.2 2.0 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C 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:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 3.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-5199

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-5199

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2015-5199 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (libvdpau), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5199
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5199
suse medium CVE-2015-5199 severity moderate: SUSE including 31 source package names (libvdpau, libvdpau-devel-0.8-3.1, …), 99 product×package rows across 57 product lines (HPE Helion OpenStack 8, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3, … (57 product lines)): Fixed 66, Known Not Affected 33. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5199/
ubuntu medium CVE-2015-5199 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (libvdpau), 4 status rows across 4 suites (precise, trusty, upstream, vivid): released 4. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5199

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-5199

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
canonical ubuntu_linux 12.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 15.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libvdpau_project libvdpau <= 1.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:libvdpau_project:libvdpau:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-5199

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