Vulnerability in Red Hat Ansible
CVE-2015-6240
The chroot, jail, and zone connection plugins in ansible before 1.9.2 allow local users to escape a restricted environment via a symlink attack.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (37.5th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 37th percentile — 37.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/ca2f2c4ebd7b5e097eab0a710f79c1f63badf95b (Patch)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/17/10 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/952166f48eb0f5797b75b160fd156bbe1e8fc647 (Patch)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00016.html (mailing-list)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-6240?
- CVE-2015-6240 is a high-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Ansible, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-06-07.
- How severe is CVE-2015-6240?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2015-6240 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.