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CVE-2015-1197

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CVE-2015-1197 describes a symlink attack vulnerability in GNU cpio version 2.11 when using the --no-absolute-filenames option, allowing local users to write to arbitrary files. This vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 1.9, indicating a local attack vector, medium attack complexity, and a potential impact limited to partial integrity. While there is no known exploit code in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, though it is not listed on the KEV catalog.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:cpio:2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

1.9LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.4
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.91%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0291 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 747 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

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

Remediation

Vendor Patches (4)

redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: cpio
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: cpio
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: cpio
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: cpio

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-1197Low

cpio: directory traversal through symlinks

Jan 5, 2015

References

advisories.mageia.org / MGASA-2015-0080.html
packetstormsecurity.com / files/169458/Zimbra-Collaboration-Suite-TAR-Path-Traversal.html
bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
Exploit
lists.gnu.org / archive/html/bug-cpio/2015-01/msg00000.html
Exploit
mandriva.com / security/advisories
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2015/01/07/5
Exploit
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2015/01/18/7
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2023/12/21/8
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2023/12/27/1
securityfocus.com / bid/71914
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2906-1