Arbitrary Code Execution Affecting cpio package, versions [,2.13)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.91% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-CPIO-2319548
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed19 Feb 2015
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 19 Feb 2015

CVE-2015-1197  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade cpio to version 2.13 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution cpio 2.11, when using the --no-absolute-filenames option, allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in an archive.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1