Open-source ARJ archiver 3.10.22 does not properly remove leading slashes from paths, which allows remote attackers to conduct absolute path traversal attacks and write to arbitrary files via multiple leading slashes in a path in an ARJ archive
Published Apr 8, 2015
5.8
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.34%
Description
Open-source ARJ archiver 3.10.22 does not properly remove leading slashes from paths, which allows remote attackers to conduct absolute path traversal attacks and write to arbitrary files via multiple leading slashes in a path in an ARJ archive.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- ≤ 3.10.22
Configuration 2
- 20
- 21
- 22
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.34% (0.03343) | 88.26th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.37% (0.03367) | 87.14th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.69% (0.01686) | 80.96th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.10% (0.01098) | 85.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 11, 2024 | 1.12% (0.01120) | 84.37th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.12% (0.01120) | 82.36th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.96% (0.01955) | 78.47th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.96% (0.01955) | 76.59th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.96% (0.01955) | 55.71th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (10)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154518.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154605.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155011.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3213 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:201 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/03/5 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/05/9 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71895 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=774435 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-15 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154518.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA | |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154605.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA | |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155011.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3213 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:201 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/03/5 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/05/9 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71895 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=774435 | x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit | |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-15 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO |
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