CVE-2015-0552

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-0552
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerdebian
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-01-15 15:59:26 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionDirectory traversal vulnerability in the gcab_folder_extract function in libgcab/gcab-folder.c in gcab 0.4 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via crafted path in a CAB file, as demonstrated by "\tmp\moo."

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.4 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-22 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnome Gcab 0.4 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: gcab: directory traversal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
#774580 - gcab: CVE-2015-0552: directory traversal - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org Exploit
Bug 742331 – Directory traversal in gcab af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.gnome.org
Security Advisory SA62310 - SUSE update for gcab - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
openSUSE-SU-2015:0043-1: moderate: Security update for gcab af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
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