CVE-2015-1197

cpio: directory traversal through symlinks

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

2.1

CVSS 2.0

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Published · January 5, 2015

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

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 score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 2.1
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CWE-59 · Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')