VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2015-1197
cpio 2.11, when using the --no-absolute-filenames option, allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in an archive.
LOW 1.9EPSS 2.91%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.91%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
cpio 2.11, when using the --no-absolute-filenames option, allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in an archive.
- CVSS 2.0
- 1.9 LOWAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.91% probability · 86th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- gnu/cpio
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0080.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/169458/Zimbra-Collaboration-Suite-TAR-Path-Traversal.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:066
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/07/5Exploit
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/18/7
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/21/8
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/27/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71914
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2906-1
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=774669Exploit
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-cpio/2015-01/msg00000.htmlExploit
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0080.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/169458/Zimbra-Collaboration-Suite-TAR-Path-Traversal.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:066
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/07/5Exploit
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/18/7
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/21/8
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/27/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71914
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2906-1
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=774669Exploit
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-cpio/2015-01/msg00000.htmlExploit
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.