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CVE-2005-1229
Directory traversal vulnerability in cpio 2.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary directories via a .. (dot dot) in…
Medium4.6EPSS 2.1%
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- mitre
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in cpio 2.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary directories via a .. (dot dot) in a cpio file.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.1% · top 19% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (14)
- MDKSA-2007:233 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 27857 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 17123 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 17939 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 16998 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-846 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- USN-189-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 13291 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20050420 cpio directory traversal vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2006:010 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 20117 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- cpio-directory-traversal(20204) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 18395 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 18290 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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