Medium severity · published Nov 29, 2019
CVE-2015-2060
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…
5.3
CVSS
2.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.3% · higher than 83% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CA
Cabextract · Cabextract Project
before 1.6 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2060
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-2060
Issue Tracking
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/151145.html
Issue Tracking
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/151147.html
Vendor Advisory
http://www.cabextract.org.uk/
Broken Link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:064
Exploit
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/18/3
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/23/16
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