CVE-2015-2060 Path traversal in n/a
Remote attackers can perform absolute directory traversal via malformed UTF-8 characters, allowing unauthorized file access or modification.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2015-2060?
CVE-2015-2060 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 29 Nov 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
cabextract before 1.6 does not properly check for leading slashes when extracting files, which allows remote attackers to conduct absolute directory traversal attacks via a malformed UTF-8 character that is changed to a UTF-8 encoded slash.
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-2060?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cabextract Project Cabextract.
How do I fix CVE-2015-2060?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2015-2060 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-2060 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-2060, GHSA-frjv-h9wg-233r, MGASA-2015-0086, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-2060.