CVE-2015-7611
Apache James Server 2.3.2, when configured with file-based user repositories, allows attackers to execute arbitrary system commands via…
- 8.1HighCVSS base score
- 68.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.7% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Apache James Server 2.3.2, when configured with file-based user repositories, allows attackers to execute arbitrary system commands via unspecified vectors.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Show the exploits2
Metasploit modules1 module
- Apache James Server 2.3.2 Insecure User Creation Arbitrary File Write (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/linux/smtp/apache_james_execRank normaldisclosed 1 Oct 2015
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Apache James Server 2.3.2 - Insecure User Creation Arbitrary File Write (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 48130remote, linuxpublished 24 Feb 2020Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 8 months later
· 8 months later
Published
- 8 years later
· 8 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 | 3.0 | High8.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 68.6% · top 0.7% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.1.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.apache.james:james-serverGHSA-cgvf-22vv-83h5 (opens in a new tab)
References
6
- 20150930 Apache James Server 2.3.2 security vulnerability fixed (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20151001 Re: Apache James Server 2.3.2 security vulnerability fixed VU#988628 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133798/Apache-James-Server-2.3.2-Arbitrary-Command-Execution.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://blogs.apache.org/james/entry/apache_james_server_2_3 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20150930 Apache James Server 2.3.2 security vulnerability fixed (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156463/Apache-James-Server-2.3.2-Insecure-User-Creation-Arbitrary-File-Write.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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-2022-3577 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-cgvf-22vv-83h5 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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