CVE-2015-1038

Exp

p7zip 9.20.1 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack in an archive.

Published: 2015-01-21 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2015-1038 is rated High Exploit Risk (68.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.29%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2015-1038

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-1038

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 3.18% 3.29% +0.11%
2 2025-08-20 2.08% 3.18% +1.10%
3 2025-04-12 — 2.08% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-1038

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-1038

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-1038

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2015-1038 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (p7zip), 3 status rows across 3 suites (bookworm, bullseye, trixie): resolved 3. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-1038
ubuntu medium CVE-2015-1038 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (p7zip), 6 status rows across 6 suites (lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid): released 4, ignored 1, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1038

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-1038

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
fedoraproject fedora 22 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 23 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle solaris 10.0 cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle solaris 11.2 cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7-zip p7zip 9.20.1 cpe:2.3:a:7-zip:p7zip:9.20.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-1038

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