CVE-2015-4155

medium

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.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74962

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/parallel/2015-05/msg00024.html

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/parallel/2015-04/msg00045.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2015-06-02

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 3.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

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

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00045