CVE-2015-5998 — Impero Education Pro before 5105 relies on the -1|AUTHENTICATE\x02PASSWORD string for authentication, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs via an encrypted command

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Impero Education Pro before 5105 relies on the -1|AUTHENTICATE\x02PASSWORD string for authentication, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs via an encrypted command

Published Sep 14, 2015

10.0

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 2.64%

Description

Impero Education Pro before 5105 relies on the -1|AUTHENTICATE\x02PASSWORD string for authentication, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs via an encrypted command.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

2.64% 0.02643

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

EPSS probability 0.02643

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 (13 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	2.64% (0.02643)	85.06th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	2.64% (0.02643)	83.56th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 30, 2025	0.55% (0.00550)	65.31th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 29, 2025	1.76% (0.01765)	71.33th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	0.33% (0.00331)	53.83th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.45% (0.00448)	75.85th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.45% (0.00448)	74.28th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jul 7, 2023	0.45% (0.00448)	71.54th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.46% (0.00459)	71.45th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.05% (0.01055)	52.13th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 17, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	50.47th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	48.43th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	27.52th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-287

Improper Authentication

References (1)

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/549807
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/549807		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner certcc

Published Sep 14, 2015

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Aug 14, 2015

Link CVE-2015-5998

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2015-5998

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2015-5998