CVE-2015-1197 (GCVE-0-2015-1197)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-02-19 00:00 – Updated: 2026-10-14 21:10
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-01-16 16:20 UTC
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 28/100 over 2333 records in the last 180 days details
References
Date Public
2015-01-06 00:00
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