CVE-2015-1815
The get_rpm_nvr_by_file_path_temporary function in util.py in setroubleshoot before 3.2.22 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a file name.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 16.5%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
The get_rpm_nvr_by_file_path_temporary function in util.py in setroubleshoot before 3.2.22 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a file name.
- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 16.46% probability · 97th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 30 March 2015
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-77
- Affected
- selinux/setroubleshoot · fedoraproject/fedora
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 16.5% since 4 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154427.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154444.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/154147.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0729.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/26/1Exploit
- http://www.osvdb.org/119966
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73374
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1203352Exploit
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1206050Exploit
- https://github.com/stealth/troubleshooterExploit
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36564/
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154427.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154444.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/154147.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0729.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/26/1Exploit
- http://www.osvdb.org/119966
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73374
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1203352Exploit
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1206050Exploit
- https://github.com/stealth/troubleshooterExploit
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36564/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.