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Status published
Medium
CVE-2015-2060
cabextract before 1.6 does not properly check for leading slashes...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- 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://www.cabextract.org.uk/
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/151147.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/151145.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:064
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
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Vulnerable Versions:
0
Timeline
Official Publish:
November 29th, 2019
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.