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.
Published: 2019-11-29
Score: 5.3 Medium
EPSS: 8.7% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-2173 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.
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Cabextract Project Cabextract
Linux Linux Kernel
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T05:02:43.388Z

Reserved: 2015-02-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-2060

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-11-29T21:15:10.887

Modified: 2024-11-21T02:26:40.740

Link: CVE-2015-2060

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