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CVE-2015-0557
Published:April 08, 2015
Updated:May 07, 2026
Open-source ARJ archiver 3.10.22 does not properly remove leading slashes from paths, which allows remote attackers to conduct absolute path traversal attacks and write to arbitrary files via multiple leading slashes in a path in an ARJ archive.
Related Resources (12)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155011.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:201
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71895
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2015-0557
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=774435
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/05/9
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154605.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-15
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3213
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-0557
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154518.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/03/5
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CVSS v3
Base Score:
4.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
LOW
Availability
LOW
CVSS v2
Base Score:
5.8
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Weakness Type (CWE)
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CWE-22
EPSS
Base Score:
2.10