What is CVE-2015-8780?

CVE-2015-8780 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Samsung Kies, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2017-04-13.

How severe is CVE-2015-8780?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Samsung Kies

CVE-2015-8780

Samsung wssyncmlnps before 2015-10-31 allows directory traversal in a Kies restore, aka ZipFury.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2017-04-13 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (47.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 48th percentile — 47.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Samsung Kies

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

github.com/ud2/advisories/tree/master/android/samsung/nocve-2015-0001 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-8780?: CVE-2015-8780 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Samsung Kies, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2017-04-13.
How severe is CVE-2015-8780?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.