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01 Record

CVE-2015-1038

p7zip 9.20.1 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack in an archive.

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

02 Description

p7zip 9.20.1 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack in an 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
3.29% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 88.4% 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
2015-01-21 18:00Z11 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-06 04:33Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2015-01-11
Assigning CNA
mitre
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
f7bef146b779fb51a716d989c2f4ad5007ca0b0394226e5fe8838c4f23e6c56c

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
7-zipp7zipNot specified—
fedoraprojectfedoraNot specified—
oraclesolarisNot specified—

06 References

07 Fixed in

Debian 12

  • p7zip
    Fixed in 9.20.1~dfsg.1-4.2

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 13

  • p7zip
    Fixed in 9.20.1~dfsg.1-4.2

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

  • p7zip
    Fixed in 9.20.1~dfsg.1-4+deb7u1build0.14.04.1

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.