What is CVE-2015-5072?

CVE-2015-5072 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Bmc Remedy Ar System Server, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-01-15.

How severe is CVE-2015-5072?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Bmc Remedy Ar System Server

CVE-2015-5072

The BIRT Engine servlet in the AR System Mid Tier component before 9.0 SP1 for BMC Remedy AR System Server allows remote authenticated users to "navigate" to arbitrary local files via the __imageid parameter.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

Published 2020-01-15 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.017 (76.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 76th percentile — 76.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.017 · newest: 0.017 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Bmc Remedy Ar System Server — versions 8.0, 9.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

communities.bmc.com/docs/DOC-77816 (Vendor Advisory)
packetstormsecurity.com/files/133689/BMC-Remedy-AR-8.1-9.0-File-Inclusion.html (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-5072?: CVE-2015-5072 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Bmc Remedy Ar System Server, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-01-15.
How severe is CVE-2015-5072?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.