Patch
CVE-2015-1395
HIGH
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V5 - File Handling Path canonicalization, traversal prevention
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Discovery, Collection The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction not required. EPSS exploitation probability: 3.65%. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could access files and directories outside the intended path by sending crafted requests to the affected application. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. |
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Directory traversal vulnerability in GNU patch versions which support Git-style patching before 2.7.3 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files with the permissions of the target user via a. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Path Traversal vulnerability could allow attackers to access files and directories outside the intended path.
RemediationAI
A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Validate and canonicalize file paths. Use chroot or sandboxing. Reject input containing path separators or '../' sequences.
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This vulnerability is classified as Path Traversal (CWE-22), which allows attackers to access files and directories outside the intended path. Directory traversal vulnerability in GNU patch versions which support Git-style patching before 2.7.3 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files with the permissions of the target user via a .. (dot dot) in a diff file name. Affected products include: Fedoraproject Fedora, Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Gnu Patch. Version information: before 2.7.3.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionCVE.org
Directory traversal vulnerability in GNU patch versions which support Git-style patching before 2.7.3 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files with the permissions of the target user via a .. (dot dot) in a diff file name.
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Attack Technique
Path traversal exploits occur when applications use user-controlled input to construct file system paths without proper validation.
Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org
An Invalid Pointer vulnerability exists in GNU patch 2.7 via the another_hunk function, which causes a Denial of Service
GNU patch 2.7.1 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack in a patch file. Rated medium s
GNU patch through 2.7.6 is vulnerable to OS shell command injection that can be exploited by opening a crafted patch fil
GNU Patch version 2.7.6 contains an input validation vulnerability when processing patch files, specifically the EDITOR_
A double free exists in the another_hunk function in pch.c in GNU patch through 2.7.6. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), t
An issue was discovered in GNU patch through 2.7.6. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely explo
Tanium addressed an incorrect default permissions vulnerability in Patch. [CVSS 6.5 MEDIUM]
An authenticated SQL injection (CWE-89) in the Tanium Patch module lets a low-privilege user with valid console credenti
SQL injection in Tanium Patch allows authenticated low-privilege attackers to read, modify, or delete data from the back
In GNU patch through 2.7.6, the following of symlinks is mishandled in certain cases other than input files. Rated mediu
GNU patch 2.7.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and segmentation fa
GNU patch enters an infinite CPU-consuming loop when processing a specially crafted unified-diff file containing an exce
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