CVE-2015-1197

LOW 1.9CVE-2015-1197 · Published 19/02/2015 · updated 14/10/2026

In short

CVE-2015-1197 is a LOW (CVSS 1.9) vulnerability affecting cpio (gnu).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.9%, higher than 87.0% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
cpio gnu	`= 2.11`	No fix yet

Description

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.

References

advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0080.html
packetstormsecurity.com/files/169458/Zimbra-Collaboration-Suite-TAR-Path-Traversal.html
mandriva.com/security/advisories
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/07/5 · Exploit
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/18/7
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/21/8
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/27/1
securityfocus.com/bid/71914
ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2906-1
bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi · Exploit
lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-cpio/2015-01/msg00000.html · Exploit

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