High severity · published Feb 5, 2018
CVE-2015-1416
Larry Wall's patch; patch in FreeBSD 10.2-RC1 before 10.2-RC1-p1, 10.2 before 10.2-BETA2-p2, and 10.1 before 10.1-RELEASE-p16; Bitrig; GNU patch before 2.2.5; and possibly other…
7.8
CVSS
3.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Larry Wall's patch; patch in FreeBSD 10.2-RC1 before 10.2-RC1-p1, 10.2 before 10.2-BETA2-p2, and 10.1 before 10.1-RELEASE-p16; Bitrig; GNU patch before 2.2.5; and possibly other patch variants allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands via a crafted patch file.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.5% · higher than 89% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FR
Freebsd · Freebsd
10.0; 10.1; 10.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1416
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1416
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/30/9
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/01/4
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/02/1
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/02/6
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76116
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033110
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