{"id":"CVE-2015-6524","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2015-6524","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T22:06:09.302Z","title":"The LDAPLoginModule implementation in the Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS) in Apache ActiveMQ 5.x before 5.10.1 allows wildcard operators in usernames, which allows remote attackers to obtain credentials via a brute force attack.","description":"The LDAPLoginModule implementation in the Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS) in Apache ActiveMQ 5.x before 5.10.1 allows wildcard operators in usernames, which allows remote attackers to obtain credentials via a brute force attack. NOTE: this identifier was SPLIT from CVE-2014-3612 per ADT2 due to different vulnerability types.","published":"2015-08-24T14:59:13.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:31:01.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-255"],"affected":["fedoraproject/fedora","apache/activemq"],"epss":{"score":0.08572,"percentile":0.95036,"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":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (8.57%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://activemq.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2014-3612-announcement.txt","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168094.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168651.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://activemq.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2014-3612-announcement.txt","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168094.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168651.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6524","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."}