CVE-2015-2060 Detail

Current 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.

Source:  MITRE
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Analysis 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.

Source:  MITRE

Severity

CVSS 3.x Severity and Metrics:

CVSS 2.0 Severity and Metrics:

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory (‘Path Traversal’) NIST  

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1 ( hide )

Change History

1 change record found – show changes

Initial Analysis12/16/2019 3:54:48 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added CPE Configuration
AND
     OR
          *cpe:2.3:a:cabextract:cabextract:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.6
     OR
          cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Added CVSS V2
NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Added CVSS V3.1
NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Added CWE
NIST CWE-22
Changed Reference Type
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/151145.html No Types Assigned
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/151145.html Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Changed Reference Type
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/151147.html No Types Assigned
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/151147.html Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Changed Reference Type
http://www.cabextract.org.uk/ No Types Assigned
http://www.cabextract.org.uk/ Vendor Advisory
Changed Reference Type
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:064 No Types Assigned
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:064 Broken Link
Changed Reference Type
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/18/3 No Types Assigned
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/18/3 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Changed Reference Type
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/23/16 No Types Assigned
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/23/16 Mailing List, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
Changed Reference Type
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/23/24 No Types Assigned
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/23/24 Mailing List, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2015-2060
NVD Published Date:
11/29/2019
NVD Last Modified:
12/16/2019