Critical severity · published May 6, 2016
CVE-2015-0857
Cool Projects TarDiff allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the name of a (1) tar file or (2) file within a tar file
9.8
CVSS
5.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Cool Projects TarDiff allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the name of a (1) tar file or (2) file within a tar file.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)5.4% · higher than 93% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0 · source: NVD
TA
Tardiff · Tardiff Project
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0857
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-0857
www.debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3562
anonscm.debian.org
https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/tardiff.git/commit/?id=9bd6a07bc204472ac27242cea16f89943b43003a
anonscm.debian.org
https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/tardiff.git/commit/?id=a18e8df51511df276e61dbccdbe1714fc53af965
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