CVE-2015-1197 (GCVE-0-2015-1197)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-02-19 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 04:33
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
11 references
Date Public
2015-01-06 00:00
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