CVE-2015-6556

EACommunicatorSrv.exe in the Framework Service in the client in Symantec Endpoint Encryption (SEE) before 11.1.0 allows remote authenticated users to discover credentials by triggering a memory dump.

Published: 2015-12-18 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2015-6556 is rated Low Risk (16.3/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.28%). 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-2015-6556

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 0.16% 0.28% +0.12%
2 2025-03-17 0.10% 0.16% +0.06%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.10% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-6556

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.3 2.0 LOW
AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:A)
Requires access to an adjacent network segment.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
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:N)
No availability impact.
 4.4 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-6556

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-6556

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
symantec endpoint_encryption <= 11.0 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_encryption:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-6556

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