CVE-2015-0557
Open-source ARJ archiver 3.10.22 does not properly remove leading slashes from paths, which...
Open-source ARJ archiver 3.10.22 does not properly remove leading slashes from paths, which allows remote attackers to conduct absolute path traversal attacks and write to arbitrary files via multiple leading slashes in a path in an ARJ archive.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
5.8
Open-source ARJ archiver 3.10.22 does not properly remove leading slashes from paths, which allows remote attackers to conduct absolute path traversal attacks and write to arbitrary files via multiple leading slashes in a path in an ARJ archive.
- Record
CVE-2015-0557- CVSS 2.0
- 5.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Open-source ARJ archiver 3.10.22 does not properly remove leading slashes from paths, which allows remote attackers to conduct absolute path traversal attacks and write to arbitrary files via multiple leading slashes in a path in an ARJ archive.
- Record
CVE-2015-0557- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2015-0570 No score
Open-source ARJ archiver 3.10.22 does not properly remove leading slashes from paths, which allows remote attackers to conduct absolute path traversal attacks and write to arbitrary files via multiple leading slashes in a path in an ARJ archive.
- Record
EUVD-2015-0570- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8773-c847-4382 No score
Open-source ARJ archiver 3.10.22 does not properly remove leading slashes from paths, which...
Open-source ARJ archiver 3.10.22 does not properly remove leading slashes from paths, which allows remote attackers to conduct absolute path traversal attacks and write to arbitrary files via multiple leading slashes in a path in an ARJ archive.
- Record
GHSA-8773-c847-4382- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV No score
Open-source ARJ archiver 3.10.22 does not properly remove leading slashes from paths, which allows remote attackers to conduct absolute path traversal attacks and write to arbitrary files via multiple leading slashes in a path in an ARJ archive.
- Record
CVE-2015-0557- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2015-0557 No score
Open-source ARJ archiver 3.10.22 does not properly remove leading slashes from paths, which allows remote attackers to conduct absolute path traversal attacks and write to arbitrary files via multiple leading slashes in a path in an ARJ archive.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2015-0557- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2015-0150 No score
Updated arj packages fix security vulnerabilities
Updated arj package fixes security vulnerabilities:
ARJ follows symlinks when unpacking stuff, even the symlinks that were created during the same unpack process, making it vulnerable to a directory traversal (CVE-2015-0556).
To protect from directory traversals, ARJ strips leading slash from the path when unpacking, but this protection can be easily bypassed by adding more than one leading slash to the path (CVE-2015-0557).
ARJ is vulnerable to a buffer overflow when processing a specially crafted arj file (CVE-2015-2782).
- Record
MGASA-2015-0150- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
arjDebian:12 |
before 3.10.22-13 | 3.10.22-13 |
arjDebian:13 |
before 3.10.22-13 | 3.10.22-13 |
arjDebian:14 |
before 3.10.22-13 | 3.10.22-13 |
arjDebian:6.0 |
before 3.10.22-9+deb6u1, plus listed versions 3.10.22-9 |
3.10.22-9+deb6u1 |
arjDebian:7 |
before 3.10.22-10+deb7u1, plus listed versions 3.10.22-10 |
3.10.22-10+deb7u1 |
arjMageia:4 |
before 3.10.22-9.mga4 | 3.10.22-9.mga4 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2015-0557 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.8) in Arj Software Archiver, published April 6, 2015. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.34%, the 88th percentile. Fixed in arj 3.10.22-13.
References
mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:201
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154605.html
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/05/9
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-15
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/03/5
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155011.html
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debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3213
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154518.html
securityfocus.com/bid/71895
bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=774435
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0557
github.com/advisories/GHSA-8773-c847-4382
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-0557
advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0150.html
bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15586