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CVE-2015-8549

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-8549 is an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in PyAMF versions prior to 0.8.0. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service or read arbitrary files by submitting a specially crafted Action Message Format (AMF) payload. The vulnerability has a high CVSS score of 7.1, indicating a significant risk with low attack complexity and potential for high impact on confidentiality and availability. 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
< 0.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pyamf:pyamf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.1HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.77%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
75.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0177 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 11,616 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, 0.0 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: pyamfFixed in: 0.8.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

pipGHSA-m7m4-4vm8-55wghigh

PyAMF vulnerable to XML external entity (XXE)

May 24, 2022

References

github.com / hydralabs/pyamf/pull/58
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / hydralabs/pyamf/releases/tag/v0.8.0
Release Notes
ocert.org / advisories/ocert-2015-011.html
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/archive/1/537151/100/0/threaded
Broken Link