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CVE-2017-15288

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-15288 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Scala versions before 2.10.7, 2.11.12, and 2.12.4. The compilation daemon uses weak permissions for private files in /tmp/scala-devel, allowing local users to overwrite class files and gain elevated privileges. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability has low attack complexity and requires low privileges, potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.10.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:scala-lang:scala:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.11.0, < 2.11.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:scala-lang:scala:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.12.0, < 2.12.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:scala-lang:scala:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/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
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.38%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
30.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0037 is in the 69th 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (9)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.scala-lang:scala-compilerFixed in: 2.12.4
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.scala-lang:scala-compilerFixed in: 2.11.12
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.scala-lang:scala-compilerFixed in: 2.10.7
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6Fixed in: scala-library
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software CollectionsFixed in: rh-scala210-scala
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 6Fixed in: scala-library
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6Fixed in: camel-scala
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6Fixed in: scala-compiler

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-qvxv-pmq9-4q7ghigh

High severity vulnerability that affects org.scala-lang:scala-compiler

Oct 19, 2018
redhatCVE-2017-15288Moderate

scala: Privilege escalation in Scala compilation daemon

Nov 13, 2017

References

scala-lang.org / news/security-update-nov17.html
Issue TrackingMitigationVendor Advisory
github.com / scala/scala/pull/6108
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / scala/scala/pull/6120
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / scala/scala/pull/6128
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
lists.apache.org / thread.html/053d9ce4d579b02203db18545fee5e33f35f2932885459b74d1e4272%40%3Cissues.activemq.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/519eb0fd45642dcecd9ff74cb3e71c20a4753f7d82e2f07864b5108f%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/b0656d359c7d40ec9f39c8cc61bca66802ef9a2a12ee199f5b0c1442%40%3Cdev.drill.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/f9bc3e55f4e28d1dcd1a69aae6d53e609a758e34d2869b4d798e13cc%40%3Cissues.drill.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r10dd8e5b3bbe3bb531aa4a65472ce56f91efbb77ea9fe04bb8272e2c%40%3Cjira.kafka.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r18a05115cfa078c0f4e5c1ea2e8d64804f63e0095aa2174a3afecc0f%40%3Cjira.kafka.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r1d51eae81ceb7bfd1780936a48b460ab31d53ff2ed526a88a7f60fe4%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r32e0b1d5ff43ac3ed4b179a4e663022d1c5ccac77884a99ea149e633%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r33665e9213cc6df1e48c3d99d1b0c7a3203e9bd0ef4fc4ba838bcb04%40%3Cjira.kafka.apache.org%3E
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lists.apache.org / thread.html/r628ea3ea2fed4d9c1c5232a0b1ed108a15abc9fd2f0aaca1e8cc9164%40%3Cdev.kafka.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/re72f4d04dfc398aae0e38dbfeccf44780df2782623a610cbfcec6f3a%40%3Cjira.kafka.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/rf57e4d7211b30e51803911304f3b7b54393f7a4bd60bb0784c31eec1%40%3Cjira.kafka.apache.org%3E
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201812-08
Third Party Advisory