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CVE-2015-2775
Directory traversal vulnerability in GNU Mailman before 2.1.20, when not using a static alias, allows remote attackers to execute…
- 7.6HighCVSS base score
- 7.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 5.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in GNU Mailman before 2.1.20, when not using a static alias, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a list name.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 17 days later
· 17 days later
Published
- 9 years later
· 9 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.6 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 7.9% · top 5.2% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.6.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
12
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/mailman/+bug/1437145 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-3214 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:1153 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:1417 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- FEDORA-2015-5333 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- USN-2558-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- FEDORA-2015-5216 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- [Mailman-Developers] 20150327 Security patch and Mailman 2.1.20 to be released on 31 March (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [Mailman-Announce] 20150327 Mailman 2.1.20 release (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [Mailman-Developers] 20150331 Security patch and Mailman 2.1.20 to be released on 31 March (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 1032033 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 73922 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2015-2865 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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