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CVE-2015-4538

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 2.71% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2015-09-04 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.5. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references. It may be remotely exploitable. Exploitation may require the attacker to be authenticated. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

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CVE
CVE-2015-4538
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
2.71%

Original NVD Description

The XML parser in EMC Atmos before 2.2.3.426 and 2.3.x before 2.3.1.0 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.