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CVE-2015-4035 (GCVE-0-2015-4035)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-07-25 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 06:04
VLAI
Summary
scripts/xzgrep.in in xzgrep 5.2.x before 5.2.0, before 5.0.0 does not properly process file names containing semicolons, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by having a user run xzgrep on a crafted file name.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2015-05-20 00:00
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