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CVE-2015-4035

N/A
Published: July 25, 2017 at 06:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:26 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorXz· also runs on 1 platform

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1.0%

Description

scripts/xzgrep.in in xzgrep 5.2.x before 5.2.0, before 5.0.0 does not properly process file names containing semicolons, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by having a user run xzgrep on a crafted file name.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Xz· Tukaani
95%
v ≤ 4.999.9beta
redhat-enterprise-linux (environment)

Runs on — not affected

The affected product only carries this flaw when running on these platforms. The platforms themselves are not vulnerable.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (4)

Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q2/484
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/19/13
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1223341
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://git.tukaani.org/?p=xz.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=f4b2b52624b802c786e4e2a8eb6895794dd93b24

CVSS

4.6MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20

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