CVE-2015-1197
lowpriority · track · 9EPSS 0.029 · 87 %ileDEEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
ssvc
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weaknesses
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affected products (7)
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advisories (1)
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- WID-SEC-W-2024-0542cpio: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Manipulation von DateienDeutsch2015-02-02csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in cpio, um Dateien zu manipulieren bzw. einen Directory Traversal Angriff durchzuführen.
also known as (3)
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sources
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references (34)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0080.htmlcnnvd
- http://www.gnu.org/software/cpio/cpio.htmlPatchcnnvd
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:066cnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/07/5cnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/18/7cnnvd
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2906-1cnnvd
- http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/f59af308-07f3-11ea-8c56-f8b156b6dcc8.htmlcnnvd
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=774669cnnvd
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