CVE-2015-0557

Public Exploit

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.

Category

5.8
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 2.10% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:201 vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154605.html vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/05/9 mailing list
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-15 vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/03/5 mailing list
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155011.html vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3213 vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154518.html vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71895 vdb entry
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=774435 exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2015-0557?
CVE-2015-0557 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2015-0557?
To fix CVE-2015-0557, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2015-0557 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2015-0557 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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