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CVE-2015-0556

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.8 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2015-04-08 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-59

Description

Open-source ARJ archiver 3.10.22 allows remote attackers to conduct directory traversal attacks via a symlink attack in an ARJ archive.

Affected products

• Arj Software Arj Archiver: through 3.10.22
• Fedoraproject Fedora: 20, 21, 22

References

• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154518.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154605.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155011.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3213
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:201
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/03/5
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/05/9
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71860
• https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=774434
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-15
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154518.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154605.html

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