CVE-2015-4548
EMC RSA Web Threat Detection before 5.1 SP1 allows local users to obtain root privileges by leveraging access to a service account and writing commands to a service configuration file.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.52%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
EMC RSA Web Threat Detection before 5.1 SP1 allows local users to obtain root privileges by leveraging access to a service account and writing commands to a service configuration file.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.52% probability · 44th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- rsa/web threat detection
- Source
- security_alert@emc.com
EPSS 0.5% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133779/RSA-Web-Threat-Detection-Privilege-Escalation-Information-Disclosure.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2015/Sep/134Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033672Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133779/RSA-Web-Threat-Detection-Privilege-Escalation-Information-Disclosure.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2015/Sep/134Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033672Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.