EMC RSA Web Threat Detection before 5.1 SP1 allows local users to obtain root privileges…
Priority LOW 32CWE-264Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Complete · Complete · Complete
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-264.
Summary
EMC RSA Web Threat Detection before 5.1 SP1 allows local users to obtain root privileges by leveraging access to a service account and writing commands to a service configuration file.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00519 44th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
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.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2015-4548
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-j4j8-cr4p-pgmg
References
More RSA Web Threat Detection vulnerabilities
- TI-2018-01157 RSA Web Threat Detection SQL Injection Vulnerability CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2014-03812 SQL injection vulnerability in EMC RSA Web Threat Detection 4.x before 4.6.1.1 allows… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2015-00500 Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in EMC RSA Web Threat Detection before… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.8
- TI-2016-00828 Cross-site scripting in RSA Web Threat Detection RSA Web Threat Detection version 5.0… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2015-03825 EMC RSA Web Threat Detection before 5.1 SP1 stores a cleartext AnnoDB password in a… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.0
Sources
- CVE-2015-4548 · CVE Program
- CVE-2015-4548 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-j4j8-cr4p-pgmg · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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