CVE-2015-4155

LowCVSS 3.6/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

GNU Parallel before 20150422, when using (1) --pipe, (2) --tmux, (3) --cat, (4) --fifo, or (5) --compress, allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 3.6/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-59

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/parallel/2015-04/msg00045.htmlVendor Advisory
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/parallel/2015-05/msg00024.htmlVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74962
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/parallel/2015-04/msg00045.htmlVendor Advisory
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/parallel/2015-05/msg00024.htmlVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74962

Timeline

Published: Jun 2, 2015
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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