CVE-2015-8621 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in t-coffee versions prior to 11.00.8cbe486-2, allowing local users to write to the ~/.t_coffee file globally. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a low attack complexity and requiring local access, but with a high impact on integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 11.00.8cbe486-1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tcoffee:t-coffee:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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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.