cabextract up to 1.5 File Extraction path traversal

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in cabextract up to 1.5. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component File Extraction Handler. This manipulation causes path traversal. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-2060. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in cabextract up to 1.5. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component File Extraction Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was shared 11/29/2019. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2015-2060. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1006 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 81707 (Fedora 20 : cabextract-1.5-1.fc20 (2015-2730)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 123433 (Fedora Security Update for cabextract (FEDORA-2015-2730)).

Upgrading to version 1.6 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (81707). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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• cabextract

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• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.2
• 1.3
• 1.4
• 1.5

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