ubuntu-cve-2015-2060
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2019-11-29 21:15
Modified
2025-09-08 16:43
Summary
Details
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.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
N/A (UNKNOWN)
References
{
"affected": [
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "cabextract",
"binary_version": "1.4-4ubuntu0.1~esm1"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS",
"name": "cabextract",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/cabextract@1.4-4ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty/esm"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "1.4-4ubuntu0.1~esm1"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"1.4-4"
]
}
],
"aliases": [],
"details": "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.",
"id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2015-2060",
"modified": "2025-09-08T16:43:20Z",
"published": "2019-11-29T21:15:00Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-2060"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/18/3"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-2060"
}
],
"related": [],
"schema_version": "1.7.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "low",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
],
"upstream": [
"CVE-2015-2060"
]
}
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