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CVE-2015-4155

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Date: June 2, 2015

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.

Severity Score

6.1

Related Resources (5)

Url: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/parallel/2015-05/msg00024.html

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-4155

Url: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/parallel/2015-04/msg00045.html

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74962

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2015-4155

Severity Score

6.1

Weakness Type (CWE)

Link Following

CWE-59

Top Fix

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	6.1
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	REQUIRED
Scope (S):	CHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	LOW
Integrity (I):	LOW
Availability (A):	NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:	3.6
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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