vulnwire
6.8med

CVE-2007-4829

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Archive::Tar Perl module 1.36 and earlier allows user-assisted remote attackers to overwrite arbit…

Published 19 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
6.8
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
4.3%
percentile 91%
Public exploits
0
none known

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Archive::Tar Perl module 1.36 and earlier allows user-assisted remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a TAR archive that contains a file whose name is an absolute path or has ".." sequences.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

4.29% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.06.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

  • secunia.com /advisories/33116 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • oval.cisecurity.org /repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11658 · vdb-entry, signature, x_refsource_OVAL, x_transferred
  • exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/38285 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred
  • rt.cpan.org /Public/Bug/Display.html?id=29517 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • vupen.com /english/advisories/2007/3755 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/26355 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • ubuntu.com /usn/usn-700-1 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred
  • osvdb.org /40410 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_OSVDB, x_transferred
  • issues.rpath.com /browse/RPL-1716 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/27539 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/33314 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • bugzilla.redhat.com /show_bug.cgi?id=295021 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • ubuntu.com /usn/usn-700-2 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred
  • gentoo.org /security/en/glsa/glsa-200812-10.xml · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO, x_transferred
  • rt.cpan.org /Public/Bug/Display.html?id=30380 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred

Sources

vulnwire keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA; records that alias each other are merged. Machine-readable: JSON.