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CVE-2015-0557

Published: Apr 8, 2015Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-22
5.8MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
3.3%
Top 12.6%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
No Fix Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

Open-source ARJ archiver 3.10.22 does not properly remove leading slashes from paths, which allows remote attackers to conduct absolute path traversal attacks and write to arbitrary files via multiple leading slashes in a path in an ARJ archive.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:MAu:NC:NI:PA:P
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:MAccess Complexity
Medium
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

CWE-22

Affected Products

arj software
commercialaka arj archiver
arj archiverOn-prem
Consumer Software / file-utility
fedoraproject
oss-project·USaka fedora project
fedoraOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
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Exploitability

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Collection
Discovery
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References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154518.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154605.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155011.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
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