Vulnerability Report

CVE-2015-1038

Title: 7-Zip P7Zip

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2015-1038.

CWE Category CWE-59

Published Date Jan 21, 2015

Modified Date Jun 17, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 5.8 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

3.29%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2015-1038: p7zip 9.20.1 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack in an archive.

Impacted Vendors

7-zip 1

Reference Links

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/173245.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174245.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-07/msg00000.html http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3289 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/11/2 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71890 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=774660 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1179505 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99970 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/173245.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174245.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-07/msg00000.html http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3289 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/11/2 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71890 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=774660 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1179505 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99970

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

5.8

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2015-1038 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 21, 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:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.