VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2015-5186
Audit before 2.4.4 in Linux does not sanitize escape characters in filenames.
MEDIUM 5.3EPSS 2.76%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.76%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Audit before 2.4.4 in Linux does not sanitize escape characters in filenames.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.76% probability · 86th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- linux audit project/linux audit
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 2.8% 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://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/13/9Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76840Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1251621Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://people.redhat.com/sgrubb/audit/ChangeLogRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/13/9Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76840Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1251621Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://people.redhat.com/sgrubb/audit/ChangeLogRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.