CVE-2011-5325

moderate-risk
Published 2017-08-07

Directory traversal vulnerability in the BusyBox implementation of tar before 1.22.0 v5 allows remote attackers to point to files outside the current working directory via a symlink.

Do I need to act?

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3.8% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
7
CVSS 7.5/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (7)

Affected Vendors

Canonical Busybox Debian

References (18)

Exploit http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153278/WAGO-852-Industrial-Managed-Switch-S...
Exploit http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/18
Exploit http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/20
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/21/7
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1274215
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00037.html
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00020.html
Exploit https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/14
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/3935-1/
Exploit http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153278/WAGO-852-Industrial-Managed-Switch-S...
Exploit http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/18
Exploit http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/20
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/21/7
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1274215
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00037.html
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00020.html
Exploit https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/14
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/3935-1/
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moderate-risk
Severity 26/34 · High
Exploitability 7/34 · Low
Exposure 14/34 · Moderate