fts.c in coreutils 8.4 allows local users to delete arbitrary files.
Priority MEDIUM 56CWE-367Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · None
- Fix status
- Will not fix Red Hat: no fix planned
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
fts.c in coreutils 8.4 allows local users to delete arbitrary files.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00258 17th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Will not fix Red Hat: no fix planned
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
Not affected: 1 product
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2015-1865
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3x5m-g386-pxwq
References
More GNU Coreutils vulnerabilities
- TI-2017-13227 In GNU Coreutils through 8.29, chown-core.c in chown and chgrp does not prevent… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
- TI-2015-03409 Integer overflow in the keycompare_mb function in sort.c in sort in GNU Coreutils through… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2014-07697 The parse_datetime function in GNU coreutils allows remote attackers to cause a denial of… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2015-03408 The keycompare_mb function in sort.c in sort in GNU Coreutils through 8.23 on 64-bit… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2024-00631 Coreutils: heap overflow in split --line-bytes with very long lines CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
- TI-2016-02323 chroot in GNU coreutils, when used with --userspec, allows local users to escape to the… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.6
Sources
- CVE-2015-1865 · CVE Program
- CVE-2015-1865 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-3x5m-g386-pxwq · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2015-1865 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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