CVE-2015-5474 describes a critical command injection vulnerability affecting BitTorrent and uTorrent clients. Remote attackers can exploit this flaw by crafting malicious URLs utilizing the bittorrent or magnet protocols, leading to the execution of arbitrary commands on a victim's system. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring moderate attack complexity but offering complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. While no public exploit intelligence like Metasploit modules or ExploitDB entries are available, and community discussion and media coverage are minimal, the potential for severe impact warrants attention.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:bittorrent:bittorrent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:utorrent:utorrent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.