CVE-2015-0179

CVE-2015-0179 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Notes System Diagnostic (NSD) component of IBM Domino versions 8.5.x before 8.5.3 FP6 IF6 and 9.x before 9.0.1 FP3 IF1. An attacker with local access could exploit this flaw to gain System privileges. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.2, indicating high severity, with a low attack complexity and no authentication required for a local attacker to achieve complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. Its FAUCET Risk Score is 86/100, further highlighting its critical nature. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, an exploit (EDB-42605) for local privilege escalation is publicly available on ExploitDB. There is no evidence of active exploitation in the wild, and community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal.