CVE-2015-1038
p7zip 9.20.1 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack in an archive.
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
06 References
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2015:1162http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-07/msg00000.html
- bugs.debian.orghttps://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=774660
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2015-d5cc306730http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174245.html
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1179505
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
- www.securityfocus.com71890http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71890
- www.debian.orgDSA-3289http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3289
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20150111 Re: CVE request for directory traversal flaw in p7ziphttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/11/2
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2015-fadaa9953ehttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/173245.html
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comp7zip-cve20151038-symlink(99970)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99970
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.