Vulnerability in 7-Zip P7zip

CVE-2015-1038

p7zip 9.20.1 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack in an archive.

Published · last modified .

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 5.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.033 (88.0th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 88th percentile — 88.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2015-1038: held from 0.033 to 0.033.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.033 · newest: 0.033 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-1038?
CVE-2015-1038 is a vulnerability in 7-Zip P7zip, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. Published 2015-01-21.
Is CVE-2015-1038 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.