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CVE-2015-3211

php-fpm allows local users to write to or create arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

5.5 Medium

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

0.37%Down 0.5 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

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 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.0
2.1 LowAV: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 MediumCVSS: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

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE 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.

References

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