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CVE-2015-3248

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-3248 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in OpenHPI versions prior to 3.6.0, stemming from world-writable permissions on the /var/lib/openhpi directory. This allows a local, low-privileged attacker to fill the filesystem and cause a denial of service due to disk consumption, particularly when disk quotas are not properly configured. The vulnerability has a CVSS v3 score of 4.7 (Medium) with low attack complexity and no impact on confidentiality or integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openhpi:openhpi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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:N/A:H

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.45%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
36.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0045 is in the 84th percentile among its peer group of 1,296 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: openhpi-0:3.4.0-2.el7
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: openhpi
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: openhpi

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-3248Low

openhpi: world writable /var/lib/openhpi directory

Feb 10, 2014

References

lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168841.html
Third Party Advisory
openhpi.org / Changelogs/3.6.0
Release NotesVendor Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry