CVE-2015-2060

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-2060
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-11-29 21:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-04-26 11:45:00 UTC
Descriptioncabextract before 1.6 does not properly check for leading slashes when extracting files, which allows remote attackers to conduct absolute directory traversal attacks via a malformed UTF-8 character that is changed to a UTF-8 encoded slash.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-22

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Cabextract Cabextract All All All All
Application Cabextract Cabextract All All All All
Application Cabextract Project Cabextract All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel - All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel - All All All

References

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www.mandriva.com MISC www.mandriva.com Broken Link
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: cabextract -- directory traversal MISC www.openwall.com Mailing List, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: cabextract-1.5-1.fc20 MISC lists.fedoraproject.org Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: Re: CVE Request: cabextract -- directory traversal MISC www.openwall.com Mailing List, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: cabextract-1.5-1.fc21 MISC lists.fedoraproject.org Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cabextract MISC www.cabextract.org.uk Vendor Advisory
oss-security - CVE Request: cabextract -- directory traversal MISC www.openwall.com Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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