CVE-2015-0552

gcab 0.4 - Path Traversal and Arbitrary File Write via CAB File Path

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the gcab_folder_extract function in libgcab/gcab-folder.c in gcab 0.4 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via crafted path in a CAB file, as demonstrated by "\tmp\moo."

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/62310
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=742331
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/05/7
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00018.html

Scores

EPSS 0.0074
EPSS Percentile 73.1%

Details

CWE
CWE-22
Status published
Products (3)
gnome/gcab 0.4
opensuse/opensuse 13.1
opensuse/opensuse 13.2
Published Jan 15, 2015
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026