CVE-2015-4156
N/A
Published: June 2, 2015 at 02:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:26 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsopenSUSEParallel
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
GNU Parallel before 20150522 (Nepal), when using (1) --cat or (2) --fifo with --sshlogin, allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (4)
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.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00090.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-59
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