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CVE-2015-5705
Argument injection vulnerability in devscripts before 2.15.7 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a crafted symlink and…
High7.5EPSS 3.1%
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- debian
Description
Argument injection vulnerability in devscripts before 2.15.7 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a crafted symlink and crafted filename.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.1% · top 12% of all CVEs (3 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
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References (6)
- https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/devscripts.git/commit/?id=d8f8fa1d8e4151fa62997cb74403f97ab0d7e1a2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1249645 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2015-12716 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=794260 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2015-12699 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20150801 Re: CVE Request: devscripts: licensecheck: arbitrary shell command injection (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
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