CVE-2015-6500

Directory traversal vulnerability in ownCloud Server before 8.0.6 and 8.1.x before 8.1.1 allows remote authenticated users to list directory contents and possibly cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a .. (dot dot) in the dir parameter to index.php/apps/files/ajax/scan.php.

Published: 2015-10-26 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2015-6500 is rated Moderate Risk (56/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.90%). Mandatory action: 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-2015-6500

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 2025-06-26 1.03% 0.90% -0.13%
2 2025-03-30 1.44% 1.03% -0.41%
3 2025-03-29 1.44%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-6500

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:C 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
8.0 7.8 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-6500

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-6500

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu low CVE-2015-6500 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (owncloud), 5 status rows across 5 suites (precise, trusty, upstream, vivid, wily): DNE 3, not-affected 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-6500

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-6500

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
owncloud owncloud_server 7.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:owncloud:owncloud_server:7.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
owncloud owncloud_server 7.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:owncloud:owncloud_server:7.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
owncloud owncloud_server 7.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:owncloud:owncloud_server:7.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
owncloud owncloud_server 7.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:owncloud:owncloud_server:7.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
owncloud owncloud_server 7.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:owncloud:owncloud_server:7.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
owncloud owncloud_server 7.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:owncloud:owncloud_server:7.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
owncloud owncloud_server 7.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:owncloud:owncloud_server:7.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
owncloud owncloud_server 7.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:owncloud:owncloud_server:7.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
owncloud owncloud_server 8.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:owncloud:owncloud_server:8.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
owncloud owncloud_server 8.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:owncloud:owncloud_server:8.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
owncloud owncloud_server 8.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:owncloud:owncloud_server:8.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
owncloud owncloud_server 8.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:owncloud:owncloud_server:8.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
owncloud owncloud_server 8.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:owncloud:owncloud_server:8.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
owncloud owncloud_server 8.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:owncloud:owncloud_server:8.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-6500

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