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CVE-2015-5224

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-08-23 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-377

Description

The mkostemp function in login-utils in util-linux when used incorrectly allows remote attackers to cause file name collision and possibly other attacks.

Affected products

• util-linux: through 2.26.2; 2.27-rc1

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/24/3
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76467
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1256686
• https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/commit/bde91c85bdc77975155058276f99d2e0f5eab5a9
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/24/3
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76467
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1256686
• https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/commit/bde91c85bdc77975155058276f99d2e0f5eab5a9

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