CVE-2015-1193

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2015-01-21 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in pax 1:20140703 allow remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a (1) full pathname or (2) .. (dot dot) in an archive.

Affected products

Pax Project Pax: 1:20140703

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/18/3
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=774716
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/18/3
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=774716

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