CVE-2015-1194 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

pax 1:20140703 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack in an archive.

Published: 2015-01-21

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:pax_project:pax:1\:20140703:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2015-1336	pax 1:20140703 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack in an archive.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00288.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/18/3
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=774716

History

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Subscriptions

Pax Project Pax

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2015-01-21T18:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T04:33:20.746Z

Reserved: 2015-01-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-1194

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-01-21T18:59:55.357

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-1194

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-59

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