CVE-2015-2304
Status: ModifiedMedium (6.4)—
Absolute path traversal vulnerability in bsdcpio in libarchive 3.1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a full pathname in an archive.
CVSS
- Version: 2.0
- Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
- Base score: 6.4
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 4.89%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 92
- Score date: 10/7/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (3)
CWEs
- CWE-22
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0106.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00065.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3180
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:157
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/07/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/16/7
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035996
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2549-1
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/59357157706d47c365b2227739e17daba3607526
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/110
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/libarchive-discuss/dN9y1VvE1Qk/Z9uerigjQn0J
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03
- https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:22.libarchive.asc
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0106.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00065.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3180
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:157
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/07/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/16/7
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035996
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2549-1
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/59357157706d47c365b2227739e17daba3607526
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/110
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/libarchive-discuss/dN9y1VvE1Qk/Z9uerigjQn0J
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03
- https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:22.libarchive.asc
Raw JSON (NVD)
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