HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2015-8258

Axis Communications Firmware vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
8.8%
EPSS pct
95th
Exploited
No known
AXIS Communications products with firmware through 5.80.x allow remote attackers to modify arbitrary files as root via vectors involving Open Script Editor, aka a "resource injection vulnerability."
Affected vendor
Axis
Affected product
Axis Communications Firmware
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2017-04-10

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 8.8% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 95% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2015-8258

  • Confirm whether Axis Axis Communications Firmware is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2015-8258.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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