CVE-2015-8621
t-coffee before 11.00.8cbe486-2 allows local users to write to ~/.t_coffee globally.
t-coffee before 11.00.8cbe486-2 allows local users to write to ~/.t_coffee globally.
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
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
t-coffee before 11.00.8cbe486-2 allows local users to write to ~/.t_coffee globally.
- Record
CVE-2015-8621- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-264
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
t-coffee before 11.00.8cbe486-2 allows local users to write to ~/.t_coffee globally.
- Record
CVE-2015-8621- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2015-8498 No score
t-coffee before 11.00.8cbe486-2 allows local users to write to ~/.t_coffee globally.
- Record
EUVD-2015-8498- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-97c3-455q-vj8p
t-coffee before 11.00.8cbe486-2 allows local users to write to ~/.t_coffee globally.
t-coffee before 11.00.8cbe486-2 allows local users to write to ~/.t_coffee globally.
- Record
GHSA-97c3-455q-vj8p- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
t-coffee before 11.00.8cbe486-2 allows local users to write to ~/.t_coffee globally.
- Record
CVE-2015-8621- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2015-8621
t-coffee before 11.00.8cbe486-2 allows local users to write to ~/.t_coffee globally.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8621- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2015-8621
t-coffee before 11.00.8cbe486-2 allows local users to write to ~/.t_coffee globally.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8621- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2015-8621 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Tcoffee T-coffee, published August 7, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.37%, the 31st percentile. Fixed in t-coffee 11.00.8cbe486-2.
References
bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=751579
people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2015/CVE-2015-8621.html
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/23/4
cve.killedkenny.io/cve/CVE-2015-8621
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8621
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8621
github.com/advisories/GHSA-97c3-455q-vj8p
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8621
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8621