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Vulnerability details: VCID-qp3r-313a-juev
Vulnerability ID VCID-qp3r-313a-juev
Aliases CVE-2015-1196
Summary GNU patch 2.7.1 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack in a patch file.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 0.0
Risk None
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
System Score Found at
epss 0.00853 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-1196
epss 0.00853 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-1196
epss 0.00853 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-1196
epss 0.00853 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-1196
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2015-1196.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-1196
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1196
1182154 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1182154
775227 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=775227
USN-2651-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/2651-1/
No exploits are available.
There are no known vectors.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.75278
EPSS Score 0.00853
Published At June 4, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-04T17:06:36.568725+00:00 Debian Importer Import https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/data/json 38.6.0