CVE-2015-5186 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Audit before 2.4.4 in Linux does not sanitize escape characters in filenames.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00507.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Linux Audit Project	Linux Audit

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:linux_audit_project:linux_audit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2015-5187	Audit before 2.4.4 in Linux does not sanitize escape characters in filenames.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/13/9
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76840
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1251621
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5186
https://people.redhat.com/sgrubb/audit/ChangeLog
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5186

History

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

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00962}`	epss `{'score': 0.00507}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2017-09-06T21:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T06:41:09.205Z

Reserved: 2015-07-01T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2015-5186

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-09-06T21:29:00.707

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2015-5186

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2015-08-13T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-5186 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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