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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in kgb 1.0b4. This affects an unknown part. This manipulation causes path traversal. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2015-1192. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in kgb 1.0b4. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code. 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 integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in kgb 1.0b4 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a full pathname in a crafted archive.

The weakness was published 01/21/2015 by Alexander Cherepanov (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at bugs.debian.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2015-1192 since 01/18/2015. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 255164 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2015-1192), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (255164), SecurityFocus (BID 72111†) and Secunia (SA62203†). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Name

• kgb

Version

• 1.0b4

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 255164
Nessus Name: Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2015-1192

Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

01/12/2015 🔍
01/18/2015 +6 days 🔍
01/19/2015 +1 days 🔍
01/21/2015 +2 days 🔍
01/21/2015 +0 days 🔍
03/27/2015 +65 days 🔍
08/26/2025 +3805 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: bugs.debian.org
Researcher: Alexander Cherepanov
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2015-1192 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-1192
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-73735
SecurityFocus: 72111 - kgb CVE-2015-1192 Directory Traversal Vulnerability
Secunia: 62203 - KGB Archiver Entry Path Handling Data Manipulation Vulnerability, Less Critical

Entryinfo

Created: 03/27/2015 14:56
Updated: 08/26/2025 23:34
Changes: 03/27/2015 14:56 (47), 04/10/2018 11:11 (6), 08/26/2025 23:34 (18)
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Cache ID: 216:EDC:103

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