CVE-2015-1038
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.8EPSS 3.3%EU EUVD
p7zip 9.20.1 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack in an archive.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-59
- EPSS score
- 3.3% (89th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2015-1182)
- Published
- January 21, 2015
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2015-1182 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- 7-zip / p7zip
- fedoraproject / fedora
- fedoraproject / fedora
- oracle / solaris
- oracle / solaris
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/173245.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174245.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-07/msg00000.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3289
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/11/2(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71890(Third Party Advisory)
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=774660(Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1179505(Exploit, Issue Tracking)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99970
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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