CVE-2020-36193: PEAR Archive_Tar Improper Link Resolution Vulnerability
High · CVSS 7.5 (CVSS 3.1)KEV known exploitedEPSS 70.6%, 99th percentilePublished Updated Assigner: mitre
In CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: PEAR Archive_Tar Improper Link Resolution Vulnerability.
Added , federal remediation due . Known ransomware use: Unknown.
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Description
Tar.php in Archive_Tar through 1.4.11 allows write operations with Directory Traversal due to inadequate checking of symbolic links, a related issue to CVE-2020-28948.
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Status incidents that name it
No tracked status incident names this CVE.
Affected vendors and products
PEAR: Archive_Tar
References
- CVE record on cve.org (opens in new tab)
- NVD entry (opens in new tab)
- github.com/pear/Archive_Tar/commit/cde460582ff389404b5b3ccb59374e9b389de916 (opens in new tab)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/01/msg00018.html (opens in new tab)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/04/msg00007.html (opens in new tab)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/42GP… (opens in new tab)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FOZN… (opens in new tab)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VJQQ… (opens in new tab)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YKD5… (opens in new tab)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-23 (opens in new tab)
- www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4894 (opens in new tab)
- www.drupal.org/sa-core-2021-001 (opens in new tab)
- CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (opens in new tab)
- This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (opens in new tab)
- Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (opens in new tab)
- EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (opens in new tab)