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CVE-2016-1244

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 6.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-10-03 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The extractTree function in unADF allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in a directory name in an adf file.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 7.0, 8.0
• Unadf Project Unadf: 1.0

References

• http://tmp.tjjr.fi/0001-Fix-unsafe-extraction-by-using-mkdir-instead-of-shel.patch
• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3676
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93332
• https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=838248
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00015.html
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-20
• http://tmp.tjjr.fi/0001-Fix-unsafe-extraction-by-using-mkdir-instead-of-shel.patch
• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3676
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93332
• https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=838248
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00015.html
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-20

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