CVE-2015-0857
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 5.4% (pctl 92)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
Cool Projects TarDiff allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the name of a (1) tar file or (2) file within a tar file.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 5.39% — more likely to be exploited than 92% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-77 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2016-05-06 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| debian | debian linux |
| tardiff project | tardiff |
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3562
- https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/tardiff.git/commit/?id=9bd6a07bc204472ac27242cea16f89943b43003a
- https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/tardiff.git/commit/?id=a18e8df51511df276e61dbccdbe1714fc53af965
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3562
- https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/tardiff.git/commit/?id=9bd6a07bc204472ac27242cea16f89943b43003a
- https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/tardiff.git/commit/?id=a18e8df51511df276e61dbccdbe1714fc53af965
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