CVE-2015-4155
N/A
Published: June 2, 2015 at 02:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:26 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorParallel
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
GNU Parallel before 20150422, when using (1) --pipe, (2) --tmux, (3) --cat, (4) --fifo, or (5) --compress, allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.
Remediation
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References (3)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/parallel/2015-04/msg00045.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/parallel/2015-05/msg00024.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-59
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