High severity · published Jul 25, 2017
CVE-2015-4035
scripts/xzgrep.in in xzgrep 5.2.x before 5.2.0, before 5.0.0 does not properly process file names containing semicolons, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by…
7.8
CVSS
1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
scripts/xzgrep.in in xzgrep 5.2.x before 5.2.0, before 5.0.0 does not properly process file names containing semicolons, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by having a user run xzgrep on a crafted file name.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.0% · higher than 62% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
XZ
XZ · Tukaani
through 4.999.9 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-4035
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-4035
Mailing List
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q2/484
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/19/13
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1223341
git.tukaani.org
https://git.tukaani.org/?p=xz.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=f4b2b52624b802c786e4e2a8eb6895794dd93b24
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