Vulnerability Report

CVE-2015-0552

Title: Gnome Gcab Path Traversal / LFI

Arbitrary File Access

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2015-0552.

CWE Category CWE-22

Published Date Jan 15, 2015

Modified Date Jun 17, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 6.4 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

2.79%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2015-0552: Directory traversal vulnerability in the gcab_folder_extract function in libgcab/gcab-folder.c in gcab 0.4 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via crafted path in a CAB file, as demonstrated by "\tmp\moo."

Impacted Vendors

gnome 1

Reference Links

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00018.html http://secunia.com/advisories/62310 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/05/7 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=774580 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=742331 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00018.html http://secunia.com/advisories/62310 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/05/7 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=774580 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=742331

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

6.4

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2015-0552 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 17, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

May 06, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

May 06, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 12, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

January 15, 2015 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.