Symlink Attack Vulnerability in cpio 2.11 with --no-absolute-filenames Option

CVE-2015-1197 · LOW Severity

AV:L/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

cpio 2.11, when using the --no-absolute-filenames option, allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in an archive.

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