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CVE-2015-5186

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-5186 describes a vulnerability in the Linux Audit project, specifically versions before 2.4.4, where escape characters in filenames are not properly sanitized. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) is network-exploitable with low attack complexity, potentially leading to a limited integrity impact without requiring user interaction or privileges. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:linux_audit_project:linux_audit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.3MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.76%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0276 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 23,690 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Vendor Patches (5)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: audit
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: audit
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: audit
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: audit
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3Fixed in: rhev-hypervisor

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-5186Moderate

Audit: log terminal emulator escape sequences handling

Aug 13, 2015

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
people.redhat.com / sgrubb/audit/ChangeLog
Release NotesThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2015/08/13/9
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/76840
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry