CVE-2015-2060

Published: Nov 29, 2019Modified: Nov 21, 2024

5.3

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 1.4

Source: NVD

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 (1)

Products: Cabextract Project: Cabextract

Cabextract Project

1 product

Cabextract

Configuration A

1 vulnerable · 1 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Cabextract Project Cabextract	Before 1.6

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Linux Linux Kernel	All versions

Related CWEs

CWE-22

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.

References (14)

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/151145.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/151147.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory

http://www.cabextract.org.uk/

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:064

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/18/3

Source: cve@mitre.org

ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/23/16

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing ListMitigationThird Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/23/24

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing ListMitigationThird Party Advisory

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/151145.html