CVE-2015-5313

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 9
Modified
Published: 11 Apr 2016, 21:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 06:41

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
10/100
CVSS Score
2.5 LOW
v3.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.06% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

11 Apr 2016, 21:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 06:41
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the virStorageBackendFileSystemVolCreate function in storage/storage_backend_fs.c in libvirt, when fine-grained Access Control Lists (ACL) are in effect, allows local users with storage_vol:create ACL but not domain:write permission to write to arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a volume name.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•LOW•Score: 2.5CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
  • v2.0•LOW•Score: 1.9AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.06%• Percentile: 18%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-22•Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

    The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.

Affected Systems

  • redhat•libvirt

    na

References (7)