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CVE-2015-5228

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-5228 describes an insecure file creation vulnerability in the CRIU service daemon, affecting CRIU and openSUSE distributions. The vulnerability allows local users to create arbitrary files and take ownership of existing files due to insecure handling of log and dump file paths. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this flaw has a low attack complexity and requires local access, but can lead to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
13.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:criu:checkpoint\/restore_in_userspace:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.39%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
31.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0039 is in the 70th percentile among its peer group of 16,974 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, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: criu

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-5228Moderate

criu: arbitrary file creation and chown

Aug 25, 2015

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00030.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
lists.openvz.org / pipermail/criu/2015-August/021847.html
Vendor Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2015/08/25/5