{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1197","details":"cpio 2.11, when using the --no-absolute-filenames option, allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in an archive.","modified":"2026-01-30T02:30:16.727364Z","published":"2015-02-19T00:00:00Z","related":["USN-2906-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2015-1197"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1197"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2906-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1197"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"cpio","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/cpio@2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu1.2?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu1.2"}]}],"versions":["2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu1","2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"cpio","binary_version":"2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu1.2"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1197.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}]}