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CVE-2015-5167

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-5167 describes a vulnerability in Apache Ranger's Policy Admin Tool, affecting versions prior to 0.5.1. This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 6.5) allows authenticated remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions through the REST API, potentially leading to high integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:ranger:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.93%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
77.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0193 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 21,977 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 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 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.ranger:rangerFixed in: 0.5.1

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-qqg7-gcxw-gmj3medium

Apache Ranger allows users to bypass intended access restrictions via the REST API

May 17, 2022

References

cwiki.apache.org / confluence/display/RANGER/Vulnerabilities+found+in+Ranger
Vendor Advisory
mail-archives.apache.org / mod_mbox/ranger-dev/201602.mbox/%3CD2D9A4C5.114ECA%25vel%40apache.org%3E
securityfocus.com / bid/82871