Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 15, 2015· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2015-0552

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the gcab_folder_extract function in libgcab/gcab-folder.c in gcab 0.4 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via crafted path in a CAB file, as demonstrated by "\tmp\moo."

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Affected products

GNOME Foundation/Gcab
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gcab:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
OpenSUSE/openSUSE2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Gcab/gcabllm-create
Range: fixed in 0.5?

Patches

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References

bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cginvdExploit
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00018.htmlnvd
secunia.com/advisories/62310nvd
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/05/7nvd
bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cginvd

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