CVE-2015-0556
Open-source ARJ archiver 3.10.22 allows remote attackers to conduct directory traversal attacks via a symlink attack in an ARJ archive.
02 Description
Open-source ARJ archiver 3.10.22 allows remote attackers to conduct directory traversal attacks via a symlink attack in an ARJ archive.
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
- 3.80% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 89.5% 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
- 2015-04-08 18:00Z11 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-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 467e334f9636bd938a2fd69eb6f6eaa2f2e7017ee650552b3b1def855b534481
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2015:201http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:201
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2015-5546http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154605.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20150105 Re: CVE Request: arj: symlink directory traversal and directory traversal via //multiple/leading/slashhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/05/9
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201612-15https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-15
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20150103 CVE Request: arj: symlink directory traversal and directory traversal via //multiple/leading/slashhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/03/5
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2015-5524http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155011.html
- www.securityfocus.com71860http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71860
- www.debian.orgDSA-3213http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3213
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2015-5603http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154518.html
- bugs.debian.orghttps://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=774434
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- arj Fixed in 3.10.22-13
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- arj Fixed in 3.10.22-13
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- arj Fixed in 3.10.22-13
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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