patch: directory traversal via symlinks
Published Jan 21, 2015
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 6.15%
Description
GNU patch 2.7.1 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack in a patch file.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
patch
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
patch
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
patch
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | patch | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | patch | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | patch | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Moderate security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.
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:N
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 (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 6.15% (0.06146) | 93.25th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 6.10% (0.06096) | 92.47th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.67% (0.00672) | 69.68th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.29% (0.00294) | 70.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.30% (0.00300) | 68.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.30% (0.00300) | 64.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 72.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Mar 2, 2023 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 72.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 70.87th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 49.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (11)
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=4e9269a5fc1fe80a1095a92593dd85db871e1fd3 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00013.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q1/173 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72074 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1196 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=775227 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1182154 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99967 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1196
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1196
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/patch.git/commit/?id=4e9269a5fc1fe80a1095a92593dd85db871e1fd3 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00013.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory | |
| http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q1/173 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72074 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1196 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=775227 | x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1182154 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99967 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1196 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1196 |
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