CVE-2015-0556 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Severity

57%

Complexity

86%

Confidentiality

81%

Open-source ARJ archiver 3.10.22 allows remote attackers to conduct directory traversal attacks via a symlink attack in an ARJ archive.

Open-source ARJ archiver 3.10.22 allows remote attackers to conduct directory traversal attacks via a symlink attack in an ARJ archive.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5.8. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P).

Overview

Type

Fedora

First reported 9 years ago

2015-04-08 18:59:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-07-01 01:29:00

Affected Software

Fedora 20

20

Fedora 21

21

Fedora 22

22

References

FEDORA-2015-5603

FEDORA-2015-5546

FEDORA-2015-5524

DSA-3213

MDVSA-2015:201

[oss-security] 20150103 CVE Request: arj: symlink directory traversal and directory traversal via //multiple/leading/slash

Exploit

[oss-security] 20150105 Re: CVE Request: arj: symlink directory traversal and directory traversal via //multiple/leading/slash

Exploit

71860

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=774434

Exploit

GLSA-201612-15

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