VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2007-4131
CVSS score6.8 MEDIUM
EPSS probability2.74%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2007-08-25
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in the contains_dot_dot function in src/names.c in GNU tar allows user-assisted remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via certain //.. (slash slash dot dot) sequences in directory symlinks in a TAR archive.