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CVE-2015-5186
Audit before 2.4.4 in Linux does not sanitize escape characters in filenames.
Medium5.3EPSS 2.8%
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- redhat
Description
Audit before 2.4.4 in Linux does not sanitize escape characters in filenames.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.8% · top 14% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.3.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (4)
- 76840 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20150813 Audit: log terminal emulator escape sequences handling CVE-2015-5186 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1251621 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://people.redhat.com/sgrubb/audit/ChangeLog (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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