CVE-2015-1197
LOW · CVSS 1.9EPSS 2.9%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 1.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N- EPSS score
- 2.9% (87th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2015-1338)
- Published
- February 19, 2015
- NVD last modified
- October 14, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2015-1338 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on October 14, 2026.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- gnu / cpio
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0080.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/169458/Zimbra-Collaboration-Suite-TAR-Path-Traversal.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:066
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/07/5(Exploit)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/18/7
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/21/8
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/27/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71914
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2906-1
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=774669(Exploit)
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-cpio/2015-01/msg00000.html(Exploit)
Last updated October 16, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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