CVE-2015-1197

Severity: low (CVSS 1.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2015-02-19 · updated 2026-10-14

Description

cpio 2.11, when using the --no-absolute-filenames option, allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in an archive.

Affected products

GNU cpio: 2.11

References

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0080.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/169458/Zimbra-Collaboration-Suite-TAR-Path-Traversal.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:066
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/07/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/18/7
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/21/8
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/27/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71914
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2906-1
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=774669
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-cpio/2015-01/msg00000.html
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0080.html

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