CVE-2015-0557
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
02 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
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
- 3.34% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 88.6% 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-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 0c9c436047c3e35a6d969ba114277e038efb480e030103e050c1ec43db237348
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.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
- www.securityfocus.com71895http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71895
- bugs.debian.orghttps://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=774435
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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