CVE-2015-3211

Publication date 25 August 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

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Cvss 3 Severity Score

Score breakdown

Description

php-fpm allows local users to write to or create arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

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Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
php5	15.04 vivid	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected
	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected

Notes

sbeattie

Red Hat packaging specific

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 5.5 · Medium

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	None
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	None

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.5 · Medium
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

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

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