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VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2015-1395

Directory traversal vulnerability in GNU patch versions which support Git-style patching before 2.7.3 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files with the permissions of the target user via a ..

HIGH 7.5EPSS 11.3%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 11.3%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in GNU patch versions which support Git-style patching before 2.7.3 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files with the permissions of the target user via a .. (dot dot) in a diff file name.

CVSS 3.0
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS
11.29% probability · 96th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-22
Affected
fedoraproject/fedora · canonical/ubuntu linux · gnu/patch
Source
security@debian.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.