What is CVE-2015-5474?

CVE-2015-5474 is a vulnerability in Bittorrent, classified under Command Injection. Published 2015-08-13.

Is CVE-2015-5474 known to be exploited?

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

RCE in Bittorrent

CVE-2015-5474

BitTorrent and uTorrent allow remote attackers to inject command line parameters and execute arbitrary commands via a crafted URL using the (1) bittorrent or (2) magnet protocol.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.038 (88.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Bittorrent
Utorrent
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-77 — Command Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

galaxy001/libtorrent

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-5474?: CVE-2015-5474 is a vulnerability in Bittorrent, classified under Command Injection. Published 2015-08-13.
Is CVE-2015-5474 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.