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Vulnerability details: VCID-ctvs-7qdg-ebh3
Vulnerability ID VCID-ctvs-7qdg-ebh3
Aliases CVE-2015-5281
Summary grub2: modules built in on EFI builds that allow loading arbitrary code, circumventing secure boot
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 2.3
Risk 1.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
System Score Found at
epss 0.0006 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-5281
epss 0.0006 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-5281
epss 0.0006 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-5281
epss 0.0006 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-5281
epss 0.0006 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-5281
epss 0.0006 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-5281
epss 0.0006 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-5281
epss 0.0006 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-5281
epss 0.0006 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-5281
epss 0.0006 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-5281
epss 0.0006 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-5281
epss 0.0006 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-5281
epss 0.0006 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-5281
epss 0.0006 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-5281
epss 0.0006 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-5281
cvssv2 2.6 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5281
Reference id Reference type URL
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172611.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172942.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2401.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2015-5281.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-5281
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77983
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034198
1264103 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1264103
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2015-5281 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5281
RHSA-2015:2401 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:2401
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5281
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.18852
EPSS Score 0.0006
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T14:38:49.166521+00:00 RedHat Importer Import https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2015-5281.json 38.0.0