VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2015-0857
Cool Projects TarDiff allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the name of a (1) tar file or (2) file within a tar file.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 5.39%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.39%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Cool Projects TarDiff allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the name of a (1) tar file or (2) file within a tar file.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 5.39% probability · 92th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-77
- Affected
- tardiff project/tardiff · debian/debian linux
- Source
- security@debian.org
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3562
- https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/tardiff.git/commit/?id=9bd6a07bc204472ac27242cea16f89943b43003a
- https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/tardiff.git/commit/?id=a18e8df51511df276e61dbccdbe1714fc53af965
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3562
- https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/tardiff.git/commit/?id=9bd6a07bc204472ac27242cea16f89943b43003a
- https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/tardiff.git/commit/?id=a18e8df51511df276e61dbccdbe1714fc53af965
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.