CVE-2017-15288

The compilation daemon in Scala before 2.10.7, 2.11.x before 2.11.12, and 2.12.x before 2.12.4 uses weak permissions for private files in /tmp/scala-devel/${USER:shared}/scalac-compile-server-port, which allows local users to write to arbitrary class files and consequently gain privileges.

Published: 2017-11-15 Last update: 2026-05-13 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2017-15288 is rated Moderate Risk (41.6/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.38%). 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-2017-15288

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 0.13% 0.38% +0.25%
2 2026-01-31 0.15% 0.13% -0.02%
3 2025-07-02 — 0.15% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2017-15288

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
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:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
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.
 1.8 5.9 [email protected]
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-2017-15288

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2017-15288

GHSA-qvxv-pmq9-4q7g · Severity: high · Ecosystem: maven — High severity vulnerability that affects org.scala-lang:scala-compiler

OS Trackers for CVE-2017-15288

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2017-15288 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (scala), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-15288
gentoo normal CVE-2017-15288: 1 GLSA(s) (201812-08), 1 atom(s) (dev-lang/scala); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2017-15288
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15288
ubuntu medium CVE-2017-15288 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (scala), 21 status rows across 21 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial, zesty): not-affected 16, ignored 2, DNE 1, needed 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-15288

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2017-15288

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
scala-lang scala < 2.10.7 cpe:2.3:a:scala-lang:scala:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
scala-lang scala >= 2.11.0, < 2.11.12 cpe:2.3:a:scala-lang:scala:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
scala-lang scala >= 2.12.0, < 2.12.4 cpe:2.3:a:scala-lang:scala:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2017-15288

URL Tags
http://scala-lang.org/news/security-update-nov17.html Issue Tracking Mitigation Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/scala/scala/pull/6108 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/scala/scala/pull/6120 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/scala/scala/pull/6128 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/053d9ce4d579b02203db18545fee5e33f35f2932885459b74d1e4272%40%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/519eb0fd45642dcecd9ff74cb3e71c20a4753f7d82e2f07864b5108f%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b0656d359c7d40ec9f39c8cc61bca66802ef9a2a12ee199f5b0c1442%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f9bc3e55f4e28d1dcd1a69aae6d53e609a758e34d2869b4d798e13cc%40%3Cissues.drill.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r10dd8e5b3bbe3bb531aa4a65472ce56f91efbb77ea9fe04bb8272e2c%40%3Cjira.kafka.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r18a05115cfa078c0f4e5c1ea2e8d64804f63e0095aa2174a3afecc0f%40%3Cjira.kafka.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1d51eae81ceb7bfd1780936a48b460ab31d53ff2ed526a88a7f60fe4%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r32e0b1d5ff43ac3ed4b179a4e663022d1c5ccac77884a99ea149e633%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r33665e9213cc6df1e48c3d99d1b0c7a3203e9bd0ef4fc4ba838bcb04%40%3Cjira.kafka.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3f10022ec972c8df29a950d1a591c16562eeddd9194d3010e46b9b76%40%3Cjira.kafka.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5a1418a4f5101f5af3fc14bf358c54f2c7200e6a3701de2e2f581e1b%40%3Cdev.kafka.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r628ea3ea2fed4d9c1c5232a0b1ed108a15abc9fd2f0aaca1e8cc9164%40%3Cdev.kafka.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re72f4d04dfc398aae0e38dbfeccf44780df2782623a610cbfcec6f3a%40%3Cjira.kafka.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf57e4d7211b30e51803911304f3b7b54393f7a4bd60bb0784c31eec1%40%3Cjira.kafka.apache.org%3E
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201812-08 Third Party Advisory
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