CVE-2015-8621

low-risk
Published 2017-08-07

t-coffee before 11.00.8cbe486-2 allows local users to write to ~/.t_coffee globally.

Do I need to act?

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0.06% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
5
CVSS 5.5/10 Medium
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

T-Coffee

Affected Vendors

Tcoffee

References (10)

Third Party Advisory http://cve.killedkenny.io/cve/CVE-2015-8621
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/23/4
Issue Tracking https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=751579
Third Party Advisory https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2015/CVE-2015-8621.html
Third Party Advisory https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8621/
Third Party Advisory http://cve.killedkenny.io/cve/CVE-2015-8621
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/23/4
Issue Tracking https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=751579
Third Party Advisory https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2015/CVE-2015-8621.html
Third Party Advisory https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8621/
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low-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal