High severity · published Aug 7, 2017
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…
7.5
CVSS
7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)7.0% · higher than 94% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BU
Busybox · Busybox
through 1.21.1 · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0; 9.0 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
14.04; 16.04; 18.04; 18.10 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-5325
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-5325
Exploit
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153278/WAGO-852-Industrial-Managed-Switch-Series-Code-Execution-Hardcoded-Credentials.html
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
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