CVE-2015-3211
php-fpm allows local users to write to or create arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
php-fpm allows local users to write to or create arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
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
5.5
php-fpm allows local users to write to or create arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
- Record
CVE-2015-3211- 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-59
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
php-fpm allows local users to write to or create arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
- Record
CVE-2015-3211- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2015-3274 No score
php-fpm allows local users to write to or create arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
- Record
EUVD-2015-3274- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6mh8-r4fc-h3ch
5.5
php-fpm allows local users to write to or create arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
php-fpm allows local users to write to or create arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
- Record
GHSA-6mh8-r4fc-h3ch- 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 - Weakness
- CWE-59
- 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-2015-3211 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Php-fpm, published August 25, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.37%, the 30th percentile. No source names a fixed version.