CVE-2015-1865 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

fts.c in coreutils 8.4 allows local users to delete arbitrary files.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00081.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Gnu	Coreutils

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2015-1972	fts.c in coreutils 8.4 allows local users to delete arbitrary files.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76073
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1211300
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1865
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1865

History

Wed, 06 Aug 2025 22:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 5.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00076}`	epss `{'score': 0.00081}`

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00019}`	epss `{'score': 0.00076}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2017-09-20T18:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-08-06T21:12:38.828Z

Reserved: 2015-02-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-1865

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-06T04:54:16.314Z

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-09-20T18:29:00.483

Modified: 2025-08-06T22:15:27.410

Link: CVE-2015-1865

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2015-04-14T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-1865 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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