CVE-2015-1197

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-1197
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-02-19 15:59:12 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
Descriptioncpio 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 1.9 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Cpio 2.11 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2015:066 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
#774669 - cpio: CVE-2015-1197: directory traversal - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org Exploit
USN-2906-1: GNU cpio vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
oss-security - xarchiver: Path traversal with crafted cpio archives af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
oss-security - Directory traversals in cpio and friends? af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Exploit
Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2015-0080 - Updated cpio package fixes security vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 advisories.mageia.org
[Bug-cpio] cpio: directory traversal vulnerability via symlinks af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.gnu.org Exploit
oss-security - Security vulnerability in Debian's cpio 2.13 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: cpio -- directory traversal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Zimbra Collaboration Suite TAR Path Traversal ≈ Packet Storm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 packetstormsecurity.com
Cpio Symlink Directory Traversal Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 357270 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for cpio : ALAS2-2024-2489
  • 357285 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for cpio : ALAS-2024-1925
  • 357293 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for cpio : ALAS2023-2024-557
  • 500862 Alpine Linux Security Update for cpio
  • 504655 Alpine Linux Security Update for cpio
  • 673446 EulerOS Security Update for cpio (EulerOS-SA-2023-3202)
  • 673614 EulerOS Security Update for cpio (EulerOS-SA-2023-3167)
  • 673786 EulerOS Security Update for cpio (EulerOS-SA-2023-3237)
  • 673845 EulerOS Security Update for cpio (EulerOS-SA-2023-3265)
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