cpio: directory traversal through symlinks
Published Feb 19, 2015
1.9
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.91%
Description
cpio 2.11, when using the --no-absolute-filenames option, allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in an archive.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
cpio
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
cpio
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
cpio
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
cpio
Fix deferred
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | cpio | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | cpio | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | cpio | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | cpio | Fix deferred | n/a |
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:L/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 (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.91% (0.02906) | 86.49th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.91% (0.02906) | 85.12th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 3.21% (0.03206) | 86.16th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00043) | 11.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 20, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00043) | 9.83th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00043) | 7.83th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Oct 22, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 67.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 52.45th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 50.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 28.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (15)
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0080.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/169458/Zimbra-Collaboration-Suite-TAR-Path-Traversal.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:066 vendor-advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/07/5 mailing-listExploit
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/18/7 mailing-list
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/21/8 mailing-list
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/27/1 mailing-list
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71914 vdb-entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2906-1 vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1197 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=774669 Exploit
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1179773 Issue Tracking
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-cpio/2015-01/msg00000.html mailing-listExploit
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1197
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1197
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