CVE-2015-4000

low
Published 2015-05-21 · Modified 2026-05-27
CVSS v3
3.7
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS v2
4.3
VIR risk
4.7

Description

The TLS protocol 1.2 and earlier, when a DHE_EXPORT ciphersuite is enabled on a server but not on a client, does not properly convey a DHE_EXPORT choice, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to conduct cipher-downgrade attacks by rewriting a ClientHello with DHE replaced by DHE_EXPORT and then rewriting a ServerHello with DHE_EXPORT replaced by DHE, aka the "Logjam" issue.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
82%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-4000

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20150611.txt

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://www.openssl.org/blog/blog/2015/05/20/logjam-freak-upcoming-changes/

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://openssl.org/news/secadv/20150611.txt

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2016-2881720.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2016v3-2985753.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-4000.html

Exploits

Metasploit modules

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed2:3.19.1-1
debian debianbullseyefixed2:3.19.1-1
debian debianforkyfixed2:3.19.1-1
debian debiansidfixed2:3.19.1-1
debian debiantrixiefixed2:3.19.1-1
macos macosaffected
suse suse12affected
suse suse11.0affected
debian debian7.0affected
debian debian8.0affected
ubuntu ubuntu12.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu14.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu14.10affected
ubuntu ubuntu15.04affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
opensslopenssl{"startIncluding":"1.0.1","endIncluding":"1.0.1m"}
ibmcontent_manager8.5
oraclejrockitr28.3.6
oraclejdk1.6.0
oraclejdk1.7.0
oraclejdk1.8.0
oraclejre1.6.0
oraclejre1.7.0
oraclejre1.8.0
mozillanetwork_security_services3.19
oraclesparc-opl_service_processor{"endIncluding":"1121"}
applesafari-
gcp googlechrome-
windows microsoftinternet_explorer-
mozillafirefox-
operaopera_browser-
mozillafirefox38.1.0
mozillafirefox39.0
mozillafirefox_esr31.8
mozillaseamonkey2.35
mozillathunderbird31.8
mozillathunderbird38.1

References

CWEs

CWE-310 CWE-295

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.