CVE-2015-0552
Directory traversal vulnerability in the gcab_folder_extract function in libgcab/gcab-folder.c in...
Directory traversal vulnerability in the gcab_folder_extract function in libgcab/gcab-folder.c in gcab 0.4 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via crafted path in a CAB file, as demonstrated by "\tmp\moo."
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Directory traversal vulnerability in the gcab_folder_extract function in libgcab/gcab-folder.c in gcab 0.4 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via crafted path in a CAB file, as demonstrated by "\tmp\moo."
- Record
CVE-2015-0552- CVSS 2.0
- 6.4 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Directory traversal vulnerability in the gcab_folder_extract function in libgcab/gcab-folder.c in gcab 0.4 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via crafted path in a CAB file, as demonstrated by "\tmp\moo."
- Record
CVE-2015-0552- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2015-0565 No score
Directory traversal vulnerability in the gcab_folder_extract function in libgcab/gcab-folder.c in gcab 0.4 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via crafted path in a CAB file, as demonstrated by "\tmp\moo."
- Record
EUVD-2015-0565- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-h25c-q8jq-gr57 No score
Directory traversal vulnerability in the gcab_folder_extract function in libgcab/gcab-folder.c in...
Directory traversal vulnerability in the gcab_folder_extract function in libgcab/gcab-folder.c in gcab 0.4 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via crafted path in a CAB file, as demonstrated by "\tmp\moo."
- Record
GHSA-h25c-q8jq-gr57- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV No score
Directory traversal vulnerability in the gcab_folder_extract function in libgcab/gcab-folder.c in gcab 0.4 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via crafted path in a CAB file, as demonstrated by "\tmp\moo."
- Record
CVE-2015-0552- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2015-0552 No score
Directory traversal vulnerability in the gcab_folder_extract function in libgcab/gcab-folder.c in gcab 0.4 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via crafted path in a CAB file, as demonstrated by "\tmp\moo."
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2015-0552- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2015-0018 No score
Updated gcab packages fix CVE-2015-0552
Updated gcab packages fix security vulnerability:
Jakub Wilk reported a directory traversal vulnerability due to gcab not filtering leading slashes from paths in CAB files (CVE-2015-0552).
- Record
MGASA-2015-0018- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10254-1 No score
gcab-0.7-1.5 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the gcab-0.7-1.5 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10254-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
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-2015-0552 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.4) in Gnome Gcab, published January 9, 2015. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.79%, the 86th percentile. Fixed in gcab 0.4-2.