CVE-2015-3222 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in OSSEC versions 2.7 through 2.8.1 on NIX systems, specifically within the syscheck/seechanges.c component. An attacker with local access and low privileges could exploit this flaw with high attack complexity to execute arbitrary code as the root user, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not on the KEV catalog or observed in active exploitation, a public exploit (EDB-37265) exists, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ossec:ossec:2.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ossec:ossec:2.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ossec:ossec:2.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ossec:ossec:2.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.4 InfoSec Media, 0.1 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.