CVE-2015-2060

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2019-11-29 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

cabextract before 1.6 does not properly check for leading slashes when extracting files, which allows remote attackers to conduct absolute directory traversal attacks via a malformed UTF-8 character that is changed to a UTF-8 encoded slash.

Affected products

Cabextract Project Cabextract: before 1.6 — fixed in 1.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Cabextract Project Cabextract 1.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/151145.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/151147.html
http://www.cabextract.org.uk/
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:064
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/18/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/23/16
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/23/24
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/151145.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/151147.html
http://www.cabextract.org.uk/
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:064
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/18/3

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