CVE-2015-2775
Directory traversal vulnerability in GNU Mailman before 2.1.20, when not using a static alias, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary files via a ..
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (7.91%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in GNU Mailman before 2.1.20, when not using a static alias, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a list name.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.6 HIGHAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 7.91% probability · 95th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- canonical/ubuntu linux · debian/debian linux · redhat/enterprise linux · gnu/mailman
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 7.9% since 26 October 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.
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154911.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/156742.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1153.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1417.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3214
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73922
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032033
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2558-1
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/mailman/+bug/1437145
- https://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-announce/2015-March/000209.html
- https://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-developers/2015-March/024871.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-developers/2015-March/024875.htmlExploit
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154911.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/156742.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1153.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1417.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3214
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73922
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032033
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2558-1
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/mailman/+bug/1437145
- https://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-announce/2015-March/000209.html
- https://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-developers/2015-March/024871.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-developers/2015-March/024875.htmlExploit
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.