CVE-2015-1197

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

2.90% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 86.7% 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 2026-10-14.

Red Hat severity

Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

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.

Published

2015-02-19 00:00Z11 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-10-14 21:10Z15 DAYS AGO

Reserved

2015-01-18

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

No CWE assigned

Data version

5.2

Document digest

cc98df2db11eb7d49ce188674ab4c61e135ee39e41df5398a533aff9603c2cf4

• www.securityfocus.com71914http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71914vdb-entry
• www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2015:066http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:066vendor-advisory
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20150118 Re: CVE Request: cpio -- directory traversalhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/18/7mailing-list
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-2906-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2906-1vendor-advisory
• advisories.mageia.orghttp://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0080.html
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20150108 Directory traversals in cpio and friends?http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/07/5mailing-list
• bugs.debian.orghttps://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=774669
• lists.gnu.org[Bug-cpio] 20150108 cpio: directory traversal vulnerability via symlinkshttps://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-cpio/2015-01/msg00000.htmlmailing-list
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/169458/Zimbra-Collaboration-Suite-TAR-Path-Traversal.html
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20231221 Security vulnerability in Debian's cpio 2.13http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/21/8mailing-list
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20231227 xarchiver: Path traversal with crafted cpio archiveshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/27/1mailing-list