Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2015-4156

GNU Parallel before 20150522 (Nepal), when using (1) --cat or (2) --fifo with --sshlogin, allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.

  • Published: Jun 2, 2015
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2015-4156
  • Severity: Low
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 3.6
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
opensuse / opensuse 13.1 13.1.x
opensuse / opensuse 13.2 13.2.x
gnu / parallel - 20150322.x