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CVE-2015-7543

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-7543 describes a temporary directory creation vulnerability in aRts 1.5.10 and kdelibs3 3.5.10 and earlier, allowing local users to hijack Inter-Process Communication (IPC). With a CVSS v3 score of 7.0 (HIGH), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires local user privileges, but can lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion, indicating a low current threat level.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.5.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:artsproject:arts:1.5.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 3.5.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.0HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.0
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.24%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
15.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0024 is in the 44th percentile among its peer group of 1,516 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, 0.1 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 0.4 InfoSec Media, 0.1 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: arts
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: arts
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: kdelibs3

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-7543Moderate

arts,kdelibs3: Use of mktemp(3) allows attacker to hijack the IPC

Dec 7, 2015

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry