7.5

CVE-2015-6861: eucalyptus

CVSS: 7.5v3.0HighModified
Published 05-01-2016Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2015-6861 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in eucalyptus. EPSS estimates a 1.03% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 63.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.03%
0%100%
Low · +0.13 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 05-01-2016
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

HPE Helion Eucalyptus 3.4.0 through 4.2.0 allows remote authenticated users to bypass an intended AssumeRole permission requirement and assume an IAM role by leveraging a policy setting for a user's account.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 1 source · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.03%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

63%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.13 pp

From 0.91% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
1.03%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Eucalyptus1 product
  • eucalyptus3.4.0 | 3.4.1 | 3.4.2 | 3.4.3 | 4.0.0 | 4.0.1 | 4.0.2 | 4.1.0 | 4.1.1 | 4.1.2 | 4.2.0

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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