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CVE-2015-7723

AMD fglrx-driver before 15.7 allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack.

7.8 High

AMD fglrx-driver before 15.7 allows local users to gain privileges 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
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

0.57%Down 0.4 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.8

AMD fglrx-driver before 15.7 allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack.

Record
CVE-2015-7723
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
7.2 HighAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness
CWE-59
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

AMD fglrx-driver before 15.7 allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack.

Record
CVE-2015-7723
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2015-7623 No score

AMD fglrx-driver before 15.7 allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack.

Record
EUVD-2015-7623
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-7c58-vxq5-5v66 7.8

AMD fglrx-driver before 15.7 allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack.

AMD fglrx-driver before 15.7 allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack.

Record
GHSA-7c58-vxq5-5v66
CVSS 3.0
7.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-59
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

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In short

CVE-2015-7723 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Amd Fglrx-driver, published June 7, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.57%, the 47th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

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