Vulnerability Report

CVE-2015-1191

Title: Zlib Pigz Path Traversal / LFI

Arbitrary File Access

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2015-1191.

CWE Category CWE-22
Published Date Jan 21, 2015
Modified Date May 06, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 5.0 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.49%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2015-1191: Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in pigz 2.3.1 allow remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a (1) full pathname or (2) .. (dot dot) in an archive.

Impacted Vendors

Z
zlib 1

Reference Links

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00013.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00017.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/18/3 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72109 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=774978 https://github.com/madler/pigz/commit/fdad1406b3ec809f4954ff7cdf9e99eb18c2458f http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00013.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00017.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/18/3 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72109 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=774978 https://github.com/madler/pigz/commit/fdad1406b3ec809f4954ff7cdf9e99eb18c2458f
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.0
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2015-1191 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

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:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.