CVE-2011-5325

7.5 HIGH

Published: August 07, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026

Description

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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153278/WAGO-852-Industrial-Managed-Switch-Series-Code-Execution-Hardcoded-Credentials.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/18

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/20

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/21/7

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1274215

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00037.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00020.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/14

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3935-1/

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153278/WAGO-852-Industrial-Managed-Switch-Series-Code-Execution-Hardcoded-Credentials.html