What is CVE-2015-2166?

CVE-2015-2166 is a vulnerability in Ericsson Drutt Mobile Service Delivery Platform, classified under Path Traversal. Published 2015-04-06.

Is CVE-2015-2166 known to be exploited?

6 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Path Traversal in Ericsson Drutt Mobile Service Delivery Platform

CVE-2015-2166

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Instance Monitor in Ericsson Drutt Mobile Service Delivery Platform (MSDP) 4, 5, and 6 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a ..%2f (dot dot encoded slash) in the default URI.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2015-04-06 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.268 (98.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 98.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.268 · newest: 0.268 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Ericsson Drutt Mobile Service Delivery Platform — versions 4.0, 5.0, 6.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

packetstormsecurity.com/files/131233/Ericsson-Drutt-MSDP-Instance-Monitor-Direc… (Exploit)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/73901 (vdb-entry)
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36619/ (exploit)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-2166?: CVE-2015-2166 is a vulnerability in Ericsson Drutt Mobile Service Delivery Platform, classified under Path Traversal. Published 2015-04-06.
Is CVE-2015-2166 known to be exploited?: 6 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.