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Low 1.9Published Feb 19, 2015
CVE-2015-1197cpio 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.
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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
- 1.9 LOW (v2.0, NVD)AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- Not given
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- mitre
- NVD analysis
- Modified
- Record last updated
- Oct 14, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 14, 2026
Affected products
gnu cpio gnu:cpio | 2.11 | NVD |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71914vdb-entry
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:066vendor-advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/18/7mailing-list
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2906-1vendor-advisory
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0080.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/07/5mailing-list, exploit
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=774669exploit
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-cpio/2015-01/msg00000.htmlmailing-list, exploit
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/169458/Zimbra-Collaboration-Suite-TAR-Path-Traversal.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/21/8mailing-list
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/27/1mailing-list
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