CVE-2015-5699 — The Switch Configuration Tools Backend (clcmd_server) in Cumulus Linux 2.5.3 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a cl-rctl command label

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The Switch Configuration Tools Backend (clcmd_server) in Cumulus Linux 2.5.3 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a cl-rctl command label

Published Oct 20, 2017

7.8

HIGH

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 0.40%

Description

The Switch Configuration Tools Backend (clcmd_server) in Cumulus Linux 2.5.3 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a cl-rctl command label.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.40% 0.00404

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00404

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.40% (0.00404)	32.27th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.40% (0.00404)	31.95th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.06% (0.00057)	15.08th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	5.07th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	5.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	26.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	24.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	10.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-264

References (1)

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Aug/23
mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Aug/23		mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Oct 20, 2017

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Jul 29, 2015

Link CVE-2015-5699

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2015-5699

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2015-5699