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CVE-2015-1038

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-1038 describes a symlink attack vulnerability in p7zip version 9.20.1, allowing remote attackers to write to arbitrary files. This affects various distributions of 7-zip and p7zip, including those from Fedora and Oracle. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.8, indicating a medium severity with a network attack vector, medium attack complexity, and potential for partial integrity and availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
22CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
23CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.20.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:7-zip:p7zip:9.20.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.8MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.29%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0329 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/173245.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174245.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2015-07/msg00000.html
bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
ExploitThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue Tracking
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/99970
debian.org / security/2015/dsa-3289
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2015/01/11/2
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/71890
Third Party Advisory