CVE-2015-9275

ARC 5.21q allows directory traversal via a full pathname in an archive file.

5.3 MediumFix available

ARC 5.21q allows directory traversal via a full pathname in an archive file.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: Low
Integrity: None
Availability: None

Exploit likelihood

2.38%Up 1.4 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.3

ARC 5.21q allows directory traversal via a full pathname in an archive file.

Record: CVE-2015-9275
CVSS 3.0: 5.3 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0: 5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness: CWE-22
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

ARC 5.21q allows directory traversal via a full pathname in an archive file.

Record: CVE-2015-9275
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2015-9117 No score

ARC 5.21q allows directory traversal via a full pathname in an archive file.

Record: EUVD-2015-9117
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-gcg6-9g4f-x3qx 5.3

ARC 5.21q allows directory traversal via a full pathname in an archive file.

ARC 5.21q allows directory traversal via a full pathname in an archive file.

Record: GHSA-gcg6-9g4f-x3qx
CVSS 3.0: 5.3 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Weakness: CWE-22
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSV 5.3

ARC 5.21q allows directory traversal via a full pathname in an archive file.

Record: CVE-2015-9275
CVSS 3.0: 5.3 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2015-9275 5.3

ARC 5.21q allows directory traversal via a full pathname in an archive file.

Record: DEBIAN-CVE-2015-9275
CVSS 3.0: 5.3 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2015-9275 5.3

ARC 5.21q allows directory traversal via a full pathname in an archive file.

Record: UBUNTU-CVE-2015-9275
CVSS 3.0: 5.3 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVopenSUSE-SU-2020:0103-1 No score

Security update for arc

This update for arc fixes the following issues:

CVE-2015-9275: Fixed a directory traversal vulnerability (boo#1121032).

Record: openSUSE-SU-2020:0103-1
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10630-1 No score

arc-5.21q-6.7 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the arc-5.21q-6.7 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record: openSUSE-SU-2024:10630-1
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

arc project arc

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`arc` Debian:12	before 5.21q-6	5.21q-6
`arc` Debian:13	before 5.21q-6	5.21q-6
`arc` Debian:14	before 5.21q-6	5.21q-6
`arc` Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	All versions, plus listed versions 5.21q-35.21q-4	None known
`arc` Ubuntu:18.04:LTS	All versions, plus listed versions 5.21q-45.21q-5	None known
`arc` SUSE:Package Hub 15	before 5.21q-bp151.4.3.1	5.21q-bp151.4.3.1
`arc` SUSE:Package Hub 15 SP1	before 5.21q-bp151.4.3.1	5.21q-bp151.4.3.1
`arc` openSUSE:Leap 15.1	before 5.21q-bp151.4.3.1	5.21q-bp151.4.3.1
`arc` openSUSE:Tumbleweed	before 5.21q-6.7	5.21q-6.7

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2015-9275 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Arc Project Arc, published January 7, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.38%, the 83rd percentile. Fixed in arc 5.21q-6.

References

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