CVE-2015-4155

Published Jun 2, 2015

Last updated 8 years ago

Overview

Description: GNU Parallel before 20150422, when using (1) --pipe, (2) --tmux, (3) --cat, (4) --fifo, or (5) --compress, allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Hype score: Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 3.6
Impact score: 4.9
Exploitability score: 3.9
Vector string: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-59

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:parallel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "B90BEF95-B205-4875-8F87-9649E17CAE52",
            "versionEndIncluding": "20150322"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References