Attacker Value
Unknown
CVE-2016-6321
CVE-2016-6321
(Last updated October 05, 2023) ▾
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Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in the safer_name_suffix function in GNU tar 1.14 through 1.29 might allow remote attackers to bypass an intended protection mechanism and write to arbitrary files via vectors related to improper sanitization of the file_name parameter, aka POINTYFEATHER.
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CVSS V3 Severity and Metrics
Data provided by the National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
Base Score:
7.5 High
Impact Score:
3.6
Exploitability Score:
3.9
Attack Vector (AV):
Network
Attack Complexity (AC):
Low
Privileges Required (PR):
None
User Interaction (UI):
None
Scope (S):
Unchanged
Confidentiality (C):
None
Integrity (I):
High
Availability (A):
None
General Information
Vendors
- gnu
Products
- tar 1.14,
- tar 1.15,
- tar 1.15.1,
- tar 1.15.90,
- tar 1.15.91,
- tar 1.16,
- tar 1.16.1,
- tar 1.17,
- tar 1.18,
- tar 1.19,
- tar 1.20,
- tar 1.21,
- tar 1.22,
- tar 1.23,
- tar 1.24,
- tar 1.25,
- tar 1.26,
- tar 1.27,
- tar 1.27.1,
- tar 1.28,
- tar 1.29
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