CVE-2015-0857
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.
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
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 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 High
AV: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 Critical
CVSS: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 Critical
CVSS: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 Critical
CVSS: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 Critical
CVSS: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
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
tardiffDebian:12 |
before 0.1-5 | 0.1-5 |
tardiffDebian:13 |
before 0.1-5 | 0.1-5 |
tardiffDebian:14 |
before 0.1-5 | 0.1-5 |
tardiffDebian:7 From an advisory covering 2 CVEs |
before 0.1-1+deb7u1, plus listed versions 0.1-1 |
0.1-1+deb7u1 |
tardiffDebian: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 |
tardiffUbuntu:14.04:LTS |
before 0.1-2+deb8u2build0.14.04.1, plus listed versions 0.1-2 |
0.1-2+deb8u2build0.14.04.1 |
tardiffUbuntu: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
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| 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-2015-0857 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.
References
anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/tardiff.git/commit?id=a18e8df51511df276e61dbccdbe1714fc53af965
debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3562
anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/tardiff.git/commit?id=9bd6a07bc204472ac27242cea16f89943b43003a
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0857
github.com/advisories/GHSA-m6cq-f7jw-66mh
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-0857
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-0857
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-0857