CVE-2015-7596

SafeNet Authentication Service End User Software Tools for Windows uses a weak ACL for...

7.8 High

SafeNet Authentication Service End User Software Tools for Windows uses a weak ACL for unspecified installation directories and executable modules, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying an executable module.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Local
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: Low
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

0.38%Down 0.5 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.8

Record: CVE-2015-7596
CVSS 3.0: 7.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0: 4.6 MediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness: CWE-264
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2015-7596
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2015-7500 No score

Record: EUVD-2015-7500
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4f2m-mpq8-7jxf 7.8

SafeNet Authentication Service End User Software Tools for Windows uses a weak ACL for...

Record: GHSA-4f2m-mpq8-7jxf
CVSS 3.0: 7.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

gemalto safenet authentication service end user software tools for windows

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2015-7596 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Gemalto Safenet Authentication Service End User Software Tools For Windows, published March 2, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.38%, the 32nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.