CyberRota Analysis
This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.9. It may be remotely exploitable. Exploitation may require the attacker to be authenticated.
CVE
CVE-2015-5189
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
4.9
EPSS
0.98%
Original NVD Description
Race condition in pcsd in PCS 0.9.139 and earlier uses a global variable to validate usernames, which allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges by sending a command that is checked for security after another user is authenticated.