CVE-2015-6940

Exp

The GetResource servlet in Pentaho Business Analytics (BA) Suite 4.5.x, 4.8.x, and 5.0.x through 5.2.x and Pentaho Data Integration (PDI) Suite 4.3.x, 4.4.x, and 5.0.x through 5.2.x does not restrict access to files in the pentaho-solutions/system folder, which allows remote attackers to obtain passwords and other sensitive information via a file name in the resource parameter.

Published: 2015-09-22 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2015-6940 is rated High Exploit Risk (65.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.30%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.01% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2015-6940

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-6940

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 0.28% 2.30% +2.01%
2 2025-06-19 0.46% 0.28% -0.17%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.46% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-6940

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
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-2015-6940

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-6940

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
pentaho data_integration 4.3 cpe:2.3:a:pentaho:data_integration:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pentaho data_integration 4.4 cpe:2.3:a:pentaho:data_integration:4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pentaho data_integration 5.0 cpe:2.3:a:pentaho:data_integration:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pentaho data_integration 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:pentaho:data_integration:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pentaho data_integration 5.2 cpe:2.3:a:pentaho:data_integration:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pentaho business_analytics 4.5 cpe:2.3:a:pentaho:business_analytics:4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pentaho business_analytics 4.8 cpe:2.3:a:pentaho:business_analytics:4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pentaho business_analytics 5.0 cpe:2.3:a:pentaho:business_analytics:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pentaho business_analytics 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:pentaho:business_analytics:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pentaho business_analytics 5.2 cpe:2.3:a:pentaho:business_analytics:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-6940

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