VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2019-14866

CVSS score7.3 HIGH
EPSS probability0.69%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2020-01-07
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

In all versions of cpio before 2.13 does not properly validate input files when generating TAR archives. When cpio is used to create TAR archives from paths an attacker can write to, the resulting archive may contain files with permissions the attacker did not have or in paths he did not have access to. Extracting those archives from a high-privilege user without carefully reviewing them may lead to the compromise of the system.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Primary references