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CVE-2015-1197 json

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…

published 2015-02-19 11 y ago modified 2026-10-14 25 d ago also EUVD-2015-1338

cvss
1.9
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.9%
EPSS 2.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 87%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • cpio Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.11+dfsg-4.1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2015-1197

  • cpio Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu1.2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1197

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • cpio openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.13-3.3

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10697-1

  • cpio Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +11 more 2.13-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2015-1197

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2015-1197 updated cvss 2.1

cpio: directory traversal through symlinks

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 cpio Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 cpio Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 cpio
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 cpio
    affected: no fix available “Fix deferred”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

2.91% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • openwall.com http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/07/5 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • bugs.debian.org https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=774669 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • lists.gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-cpio/2015-01/msg00000.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 1.9 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

References

Sources

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