What is CVE-2015-1865?

CVE-2015-1865 is a medium-severity vulnerability in GNU Coreutils, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 5.1/10. Published 2017-09-20.

How severe is CVE-2015-1865?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.1 out of 10.

Vulnerability in GNU Coreutils

CVE-2015-1865

fts.c in coreutils 8.4 allows local users to delete arbitrary files.

Vulnerability class: Race Condition

Published 2017-09-20 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (16.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-24.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 17th percentile — 16.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

GNU Coreutils — versions 8.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/76073 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-1865?: CVE-2015-1865 is a medium-severity vulnerability in GNU Coreutils, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 5.1/10. Published 2017-09-20.
How severe is CVE-2015-1865?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.1 out of 10.