Overview
- Description
- cabextract before 1.6 does not properly check for leading slashes when extracting files, which allows remote attackers to conduct absolute directory traversal attacks via a malformed UTF-8 character that is changed to a UTF-8 encoded slash.
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Risk scores
CVSS 3.1
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 5.3
- Impact score
- 1.4
- Exploitability score
- 3.9
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- Severity
- MEDIUM
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 5
- Impact score
- 2.9
- Exploitability score
- 10
- Vector string
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- CWE-22
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Configurations
[
{
"nodes": [
{
"negate": false,
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:cabextract_project:cabextract:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "DC524A54-36E1-4333-862C-71B3372FAEAF",
"versionEndExcluding": "1.6"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
},
{
"negate": false,
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": false,
"matchCriteriaId": "703AF700-7A70-47E2-BC3A-7FD03B3CA9C1"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
],
"operator": "AND"
}
]