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CVE-2011-5325

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.

Published

2017-08-07T17:29:00.220

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 7.5 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-22

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	busybox	busybox	≤ 1.21.1	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	8.0	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	9.0	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	14.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	16.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	18.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	18.10	Yes

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153278/WAGO-852-Industrial-Managed-Switch-Series-Code-Execution-Hardcoded-Credentials.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/18 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/20 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/21/7 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1274215 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00037.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00020.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/14 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3935-1/ Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153278/WAGO-852-Industrial-Managed-Switch-Series-Code-Execution-Hardcoded-Credentials.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/18 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/20 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/21/7 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1274215 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00037.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00020.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/14 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3935-1/ Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)