{"id":"CVE-2015-7599","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2015-7599","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T22:05:53.222Z","title":"Integer overflow in the _authenticate function in svc_auth.c in Wind River VxWorks 5.5 through 6.9.4.1, when the Remote Procedure Call (RPC) protocol is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary…","description":"Integer overflow in the _authenticate function in svc_auth.c in Wind River VxWorks 5.5 through 6.9.4.1, when the Remote Procedure Call (RPC) protocol is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a username and password.","published":"2017-02-07T17:59:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:32:48.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":8.1,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-190"],"affected":["windriver/vxworks"],"epss":{"score":0.0591,"percentile":0.93181,"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 (5.91%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://blogs.windriver.com/wind_river_blog/2015/09/wind-river-vxworks-updateclarification.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79205","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://kb.netapp.com/support/s/article/cve-2015-7599-vxworks-vulnerability-impacting-netapp-e-series-products?language=en_US","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20151029-0001/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.syscan360.org/slides/2015_EN_AttackingVxWorksFromstoneagetointerstellar_Eric_Yannick.pdf","tags":["Technical Description","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://blogs.windriver.com/wind_river_blog/2015/09/wind-river-vxworks-updateclarification.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79205","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://kb.netapp.com/support/s/article/cve-2015-7599-vxworks-vulnerability-impacting-netapp-e-series-products?language=en_US","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20151029-0001/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.syscan360.org/slides/2015_EN_AttackingVxWorksFromstoneagetointerstellar_Eric_Yannick.pdf","tags":["Technical Description","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7599","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."}