CVE-2014-9512
rsync: Transferring file outside destination path via just-sent symlink
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
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Published · December 21, 2015
Updated · November 21, 2025
Description
It was discovered that rsync did not properly perform sanity checks on certain meta-information. By sending specially crafted meta-information, a remote attacker could possibly exploit this flaw to cause an rsync endpoint to write data to files outside of the expected destination path.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 2.0 · 4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')