CVE-2015-0857

critical
Published 2016-05-06 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
10.0
VIR risk
9.8

Description

Cool Projects TarDiff allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the name of a (1) tar file or (2) file within a tar file.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-0857

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debian8.0affected
debian debianbookwormfixed0.1-5
debian debianbullseyefixed0.1-5
debian debianforkyfixed0.1-5
debian debiansidfixed0.1-5
debian debiantrixiefixed0.1-5

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
tardiff_projecttardiff-

References

CWEs

CWE-77

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.