CVE-2015-5284

ipa-kra-install in FreeIPA before 4.2.2 puts the CA agent certificate and private key in /etc/httpd/alias/kra-agent.pem, which is world readable.

Published: 2017-09-21 Last update: 2026-05-13 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2015-5284 is rated Moderate Risk (60.1/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.99%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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-2015-5284

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 0.32% 0.99% +0.67%
2 2025-03-30 0.80% 0.32% -0.48%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.80% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-5284

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.8 3.0 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 5.9 [email protected]
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-5284

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-5284

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2015-5284 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (freeipa), 3 status rows across 3 suites (bookworm, sid, trixie): resolved 3. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5284
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5284
ubuntu medium CVE-2015-5284 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (freeipa), 4 status rows across 4 suites (precise, trusty, upstream, vivid): not-affected 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5284

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-5284

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
freeipa freeipa <= 4.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:freeipa:freeipa:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-5284

URL Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=1075511 Issue Tracking Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1264790 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://pagure.io/freeipa/issue/5347 Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/freeipa-interest/2015-October/msg00000.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
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