VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2016-1244
The extractTree function in unADF allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in a directory name in an adf file.
HIGH 8.8EPSS 5.28%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.28%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The extractTree function in unADF allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in a directory name in an adf file.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 5.28% probability · 92th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- unadf project/unadf · debian/debian linux
- Source
- security@debian.org
References
- http://tmp.tjjr.fi/0001-Fix-unsafe-extraction-by-using-mkdir-instead-of-shel.patchPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3676Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93332
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=838248Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00015.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-20
- http://tmp.tjjr.fi/0001-Fix-unsafe-extraction-by-using-mkdir-instead-of-shel.patchPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3676Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93332
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=838248Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00015.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-20
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.