Medium severity · published Aug 25, 2017
CVE-2015-3211
php-fpm allows local users to write to or create arbitrary files via a symlink attack
5.5
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
php-fpm allows local users to write to or create arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 30% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PH
PHP · PHP
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3211
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-3211
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1228721
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