CVE-2015-0552
Directory traversal vulnerability in the gcab_folder_extract function in libgcab/gcab-folder.c in gcab 0.4 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via crafted path in a CAB file, as
02 Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in the gcab_folder_extract function in libgcab/gcab-folder.c in gcab 0.4 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via crafted path in a CAB file, as
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.79% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 86.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2015-01-15 15:00Z11 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 04:10Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-01-05
- Assigning CNA
- debian
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 7ac470d4d5e5c9394c004cc0e57a12efd89eed4f1ee4eb82ad910980128f221a
05 Affected products
06 References
- bugs.debian.orghttps://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=774580
- secunia.com62310http://secunia.com/advisories/62310
- bugzilla.gnome.orghttps://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=742331
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20150105 Re: CVE Request: gcab: directory traversalhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/05/7
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2015:0043http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00018.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- gcab Fixed in 0.4-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- gcab Fixed in 0.4-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- gcab Fixed in 0.4-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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