CVE-2019-14866

HIGH
7.3
CVSS Score
Published: January 7, 2020 at 04:53 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:19 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsEnterprise LinuxCpio

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Severity
HIGH7.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.7%

Description

In all versions of cpio before 2.13 does not properly validate input files when generating TAR archives. When cpio is used to create TAR archives from paths an attacker can write to, the resulting archive may contain files with permissions the attacker did not have or in paths he did not have access to. Extracting those archives from a high-privilege user without carefully reviewing them may lead to the compromise of the system.

Affected

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

v < 2.13
Affected range stops below 2.13, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

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References (4)

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20NVD-CWE-Other

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