Vulnerability in Pacemaker\/corosync Configuration System Project

CVE-2015-5189

Race condition in pcsd in PCS 0.9.139 and earlier uses a global variable to validate usernames, which allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges by sending a command that is checked for security after another user is authenticated.

Vulnerability class: Race Condition

Published · last modified .

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (60.8th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 61st percentile — 60.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2015-5189: held from 0.010 to 0.010.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-5189?
CVE-2015-5189 is a vulnerability in Pacemaker\/corosync Configuration System Project, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). Published 2015-09-03.
Is CVE-2015-5189 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.