{"id":"CVE-2015-4548","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2015-4548","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T23:08:30.444Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2015-10-12T01:59:19.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:27:32.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security_alert@emc.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.2,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":["CWE-264"],"affected":["rsa/web threat detection"],"epss":{"score":0.00519,"percentile":0.43869,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133779/RSA-Web-Threat-Detection-Privilege-Escalation-Information-Disclosure.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"security_alert@emc.com"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2015/Sep/134","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security_alert@emc.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033672","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"security_alert@emc.com"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133779/RSA-Web-Threat-Detection-Privilege-Escalation-Information-Disclosure.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2015/Sep/134","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033672","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-4548","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}