SafeNet Authentication Service End User Software Tools for Windows uses a weak ACL for unspecified installation directories and executable…

published 2018-03-02 8y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2015-7500

cvss: 7.8; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 32%
public exploits: 0; none known

SafeNet Authentication Service End User Software Tools for Windows uses a weak ACL for unspecified installation directories and executable modules, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying an executable module.

Patch / fix

links 1

labs.nettitude.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/160125-1-Gemalto-IDSS-Security-… advisory

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Exploit prediction

0.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 32% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	7.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	4.6	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

labs.nettitude.com /wp-content/uploads/2016/03/160125-1-Gemalto-IDSS-Security-Bulletin-SAS-Agents-Privilege-Escalation.pdf
patch, third-party-advisory
safenet.gemalto.com /technical-support/security-updates/
vendor-advisory
labs.nettitude.com /blog/cve-2015-7596-through-cve-2015-7598-cve-2015-7961-through-cve-2015-7967-safenet-authentication-service-a
third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2015-7596
NVD CVE-2015-7596

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