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.
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Remediation
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
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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History
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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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Status : Modified
Published: 2019-11-29T21:15:10.887
Modified: 2024-11-21T02:26:40.740
Link: CVE-2015-2060
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OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
EUVD