7.8

CVE-2015-6240: redhat ansible

Modified
AliasesGHSA-wwwh-47wp-m522PYSEC-2017-3UBUNTU-CVE-2015-6240
Published 07-06-2017Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2015-6240 is a high (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in redhat ansible. EPSS estimates a 0.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 38.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 7.8, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.45%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 1
DLA-1923-1USN-7330-1

Timeline

  1. 07-06-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The chroot, jail, and zone connection plugins in ansible before 1.9.2 allow local users to escape a restricted environment via a symlink attack.

CVSS metrics

6 scores · 4 sources · 3 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.45%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

39%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.45% on 05-10-2026

05-10-202604-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Debian1 product
  • ansible< 1.9.2+dfsg-1
PyPI1 product
  • ansible< 952166f48eb0f5797b75b160fd156bbe1e8fc647 | < 1.9.2
Redhat1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • ansible< 1.5.4+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm3

4 vendors · 4 products

References

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