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CVE-2015-1396
A Directory Traversal vulnerability exists in the GNU patch before 2.7.4. A remote attacker can write to arbitrary files via a symlink…
High7.5EPSS 3.3%
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- debian
Description
A Directory Traversal vulnerability exists in the GNU patch before 2.7.4. A remote attacker can write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack in a patch file. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-1196.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.3% · top 12% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- directory traversal
- CWE-22 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-22 and its CVEs
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (4)
- [oss-security] 20150127 Re: CVE Request: patch: CVE needed for incomplete fix for CVE-2015-1196? (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 75358 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1186764 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2651-1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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