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

EPSS: 0.002 (16.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Gnu Coreutils — versions 8.4
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-362 — Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition)
CWE-367 — Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

References

secalert@redhat.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, 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.