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CVE-2015-5704

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-5704 is a local arbitrary shell command execution vulnerability in the scripts/licensecheck.pl component of devscripts versions prior to 2.15.7, affecting various devscripts and Fedora distributions. It carries a high CVSSv3 score of 7.8, indicating a low attack complexity and requiring local user access, but allowing for high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.15.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:devscripts_devel_team:devscripts:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
21CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
22CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.53%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
41.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0053 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 16,994 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/163705.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/163710.html
Third Party Advisory
anonscm.debian.org / cgit/collab-maint/devscripts.git/commit
PatchVendor Advisory
bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
Vendor Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2015/08/01/7
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/76143
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry