EMC RSA Web Threat Detection before 5.1 SP1 allows local users to obtain root privileges by leveraging access to a service account and writi
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.
- Published
- Oct 11, 2015
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.5% · 42th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-264
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Report tools
Action score
28
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 28 / 40 · 7.2 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.5%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| rsa | web threat detection | cpe:2.3:a:rsa:web_threat_detection |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- rsa web threat detectionup to 5.1 inclusive
Same product
rsa: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
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- CVE-2015-0541Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in EMC RSA Web Threat Detection before 5.1 allows remote attackers to hijack the authenticat27Monitor
- CVE-2016-0919EMC RSA Web Threat Detection version 5.0, RSA Web Threat Detection version 5.1, RSA Web Threat Detection version 5.1.2 has a cross site scri24Monitor
- CVE-2015-4547EMC RSA Web Threat Detection before 5.1 SP1 stores a cleartext AnnoDB password in a configuration file, which allows remote authenticated us17Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- C · data can be read
- Integrity
- C · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- C · the service can be disrupted
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Confidentiality impact
- C
- Integrity impact
- C
- Availability impact
- C
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-264 · Permissions, Privileges, and Access ControlsCVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Noroxi analysis
No Noroxi analysis for this record yet
We don't hand-write analysis for all 385,000+ vulnerabilities; that wouldn't be honest. For notable, high-impact vulnerabilities our team writes the mechanism, detection and remediation steps.
We use this product, ask for helpChange log
No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.
References
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/133779/RSA-Web-Threat-Detection-Privilege-Escalation-Information-Disclosure.html
- seclists.org/bugtraq/2015/Sep/134
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1033672
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.