CVE-2015-4156 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in GNU Parallel versions prior to 20150522 (Nepal). Specifically, it allows local users to write to arbitrary files through a symlink attack on temporary files when using the --cat or --fifo with --sshlogin options. The vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 3.6, indicating low attack complexity and requiring local access, with potential impacts limited to partial integrity and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
13.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
13.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 20150322CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:parallel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
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