What is the CVSS score of CVE-2015-8621?

CVE-2015-8621 has a CVSS 3.0 base score of 5.5 (Medium). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.1%.

T Coffee CVE-2015-8621

MEDIUM

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CWE-264)

2017-08-07 cve@mitre.org

Privilege Escalation T Coffee

5.5

CVSS 3.0 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

5.5 MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Lifecycle Timeline

CVE Published

Aug 07, 2017 - 17:29 cve.org

MEDIUM 5.5

DescriptionCVE.org

t-coffee before 11.00.8cbe486-2 allows local users to write to ~/.t_coffee globally.

AnalysisAI

t-coffee before 11.00.8cbe486-2 allows local users to write to ~/.t_coffee globally. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified under CWE-264. t-coffee before 11.00.8cbe486-2 allows local users to write to ~/.t_coffee globally. Affected products include: Tcoffee T-Coffee. Version information: before 11.00.8.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.