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CVE-2015-2179

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-2179 describes a local information disclosure vulnerability in the xaviershay-dm-rails gem version 0.10.3.8 for Ruby, allowing local users to discover MySQL credentials. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), this vulnerability requires local access and low privileges, but can lead to high confidentiality impact by exposing sensitive database credentials. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.10.3.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xaviershay-dm-rails_porject:xaviershay-dm-rails:0.10.3.8:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.37%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
29.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0037 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 15,938 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

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

Vendor Advisories (1)

rubygemsGHSA-88p8-4vv5-82j7medium

xaviershay-dm-rails Gem for Ruby exposes sensitive information via the process table

Jan 26, 2023

References

vapid.dhs.org / advisory.php
ExploitThird Party Advisory