t-coffee before 11.00.8cbe486-2 allows local users to write to ~/.t_coffee globally.
Priority LOW 25CWE-264Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-264.
Summary
t-coffee before 11.00.8cbe486-2 allows local users to write to ~/.t_coffee globally.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00371 31st 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-2015-8621
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-97c3-455q-vj8p
References
Advisory 5
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=751579
- https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2015/CVE-2015-8621.html
- [oss-security] 20151223 Re: CVE-request: ~/.t_coffee/ is world-writable
- http://cve.killedkenny.io/cve/CVE-2015-8621
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8621/
Sources
- CVE-2015-8621 · CVE Program
- CVE-2015-8621 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-97c3-455q-vj8p · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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