THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2015-5235
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2015-5235

Fedora vulnerability

CVSS
4.3
EPSS
3.0%
EPSS pct
86th
Exploited
No known
IcedTea-Web before 1.5.3 and 1.6.x before 1.6.1 does not properly determine the origin of unsigned applets, which allows remote attackers to bypass the approval process or trick users into approving applet execution via a crafted web page.
Affected vendor
Fedoraproject
Affected product
Fedora
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation
Published
2015-10-09

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 3.0% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 86% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2015-5235

  • Confirm whether Fedoraproject Fedora is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2015-5235.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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