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CVE-2015-0857

Cool Projects TarDiff allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell...

9.8 CriticalFix available

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.

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
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

5.39%Up 4.3 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 9.8

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.

Record
CVE-2015-0857
CVSS 3.0
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
10.0 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness
CWE-77
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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.

Record
CVE-2015-0857
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2015-0868 No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2015-0868
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-m6cq-f7jw-66mh 9.8

Cool Projects TarDiff allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell...

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.

Record
GHSA-m6cq-f7jw-66mh
CVSS 3.0
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-77
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 9.8

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.

Record
CVE-2015-0857
CVSS 3.0
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2015-0857 9.8

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.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2015-0857
CVSS 3.0
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2015-0857 9.8

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.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2015-0857
CVSS 3.0
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
tardiff
Debian:12
 before 0.1-5
0.1-5
tardiff
Debian:13
 before 0.1-5
0.1-5
tardiff
Debian:14
 before 0.1-5
0.1-5
tardiff
Debian:7
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0.1-1+deb7u1, plus listed versions
0.1-1
0.1-1+deb7u1
tardiff
Debian:8
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 0.1-2+deb8u2, plus listed versions
0.1-20.1-2+deb8u1
0.1-2+deb8u2
tardiff
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
 before 0.1-2+deb8u2build0.14.04.1, plus listed versions
0.1-2
0.1-2+deb8u2build0.14.04.1
tardiff
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
 before 0.1-5~build0.16.04.1, plus listed versions
0.1-20.1-4
0.1-5~build0.16.04.1

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

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

In short

CVE-2015-0857 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Tardiff Project Tardiff, published May 1, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 5.39%, the 92nd percentile. Fixed in tardiff 0.1-5.

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