CVE-2005-1229 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in GNU cpio versions 2.6 and earlier. This flaw allows remote attackers to write files to arbitrary directories on a system by including ".." (dot dot) sequences within a specially crafted cpio archive. With a CVSS score of 4.6, this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires local access, but could lead to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this decade-old vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:cpio:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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