CVE-2015-2060

MEDIUM

cabextract < 1.6 - Path Traversal via Malformed UTF-8 Character

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

cabextract 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.

References (7)

Core 7
Core References
Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/18/3
Mailing List, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/23/16
Mailing List, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/23/24
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://www.cabextract.org.uk/
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/151147.html
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/151145.html

Scores

CVSS v3 5.3
EPSS 0.0231
EPSS Percentile 81.3%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-22
Status published
Products (1)
cabextract_project/cabextract < 1.6
Published Nov 29, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026