CVE-2015-7985

Exp

Valve Steam 2.10.91.91 uses weak permissions (Users: read and write) for the Install folder, which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse steam.exe file.

Published: 2015-11-24 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2015-7985 is rated Exploit Available (55.9/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.14%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2015-7985

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
9386 exploit_db edb 2009-08-07 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-7985

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 2025-06-28 0.31% 0.14% -0.17%
2 2025-03-30 0.46% 0.31% -0.15%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.46% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-7985

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-2015-7985

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-7985

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2015-7985 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (steam), 1 status rows across 1 suites (bullseye): resolved 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-7985
ubuntu low CVE-2015-7985 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (steam), 5 status rows across 5 suites (precise, trusty, upstream, vivid, wily): DNE 2, not-affected 2, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-7985

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-7985

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
valvesoftware steam_client 2.10.91.91 cpe:2.3:a:valvesoftware:steam_client:2.10.91.91:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-7985

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