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CVE-2015-1865

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-1865 describes a vulnerability in GNU coreutils version 8.4, specifically within the fts.c component, which allows local users to delete arbitrary files. This medium-severity vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.7, indicating a local attack vector with high attack complexity, low privileges required, and a high impact on integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, nor significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it is not widely targeted.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
8.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

4.7MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.0
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.25%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
16.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0025 is in the 58th percentile among its peer group of 1,295 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.4 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: coreutils
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: coreutils

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-1865Low

coreutils: "time of check to time of use" race condition fts.c

Apr 14, 2015

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/76073
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry