CVE-2015-1416 describes a critical vulnerability in various patch utilities, including those in FreeBSD, Bitrig, and GNU patch, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands. This flaw is triggered by specially crafted patch files. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), it presents a significant risk, as an attacker could achieve full compromise (confidentiality, integrity, availability) with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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