Vulnerability Details CVE-2015-4156
GNU Parallel before 20150522 (Nepal), when using (1) --cat or (2) --fifo with --sshlogin, allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.001
EPSS Ranking 16.1%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 3.6
References
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/parallel/2015-04/msg00045.html
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/parallel/2015-05/msg00024.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00090.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74961
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/parallel/2015-04/msg00045.html
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/parallel/2015-05/msg00024.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00090.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74961