CVE-2015-8151
Symantec Encryption Management Server (SEMS) 3.3.2 before MP12 allows remote authenticated users...
Symantec Encryption Management Server (SEMS) 3.3.2 before MP12 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary OS commands by leveraging console administrator access.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Symantec Encryption Management Server (SEMS) 3.3.2 before MP12 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary OS commands by leveraging console administrator access.
- Record
CVE-2015-8151- CVSS 3.0
- 9.1 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 5.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-78
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Symantec Encryption Management Server (SEMS) 3.3.2 before MP12 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary OS commands by leveraging console administrator access.
- Record
CVE-2015-8151- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2015-8041 No score
Symantec Encryption Management Server (SEMS) 3.3.2 before MP12 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary OS commands by leveraging console administrator access.
- Record
EUVD-2015-8041- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-cc8p-8p4m-65r7
Symantec Encryption Management Server (SEMS) 3.3.2 before MP12 allows remote authenticated users...
Symantec Encryption Management Server (SEMS) 3.3.2 before MP12 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary OS commands by leveraging console administrator access.
- Record
GHSA-cc8p-8p4m-65r7- CVSS 3.0
- 9.1 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-78
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2015-8151 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.1) in Symantec Encryption Management Server, published February 18, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.62%, the 76th percentile. No source names a fixed version.