CVE-2016-1244

HighCVSS 8.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The extractTree function in unADF allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in a directory name in an adf file.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 8.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20

Affected software

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

References

http://tmp.tjjr.fi/0001-Fix-unsafe-extraction-by-using-mkdir-instead-of-shel.patchPatch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3676Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93332
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=838248Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00015.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-20
http://tmp.tjjr.fi/0001-Fix-unsafe-extraction-by-using-mkdir-instead-of-shel.patchPatch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3676Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93332
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=838248Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00015.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-20

Timeline

Published: Oct 3, 2016
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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