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CVE-2015-1194

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2015-01-21 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-59

Description

pax 1:20140703 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack 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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