7.5

CVE-2021-38511

Exploit

An issue was discovered in the tar crate before 0.4.36 for Rust. When symlinks are present in a TAR archive, extraction can create arbitrary directories via .. traversal.

Data is provided by the National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
Tar Project ≫ Tar SwPlatformrust Version < 0.4.36
Zu dieser CVE wurde keine CISA KEV oder CERT.AT-Warnung gefunden.
EPSS Metriken
Type Source Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.34% 0.536
CVSS Metriken
Source Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector string
nvd@nist.gov 7.5 3.9 3.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
nvd@nist.gov 5 10 2.9
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

The product attempts to access a file based on the filename, but it does not properly prevent that filename from identifying a link or shortcut that resolves to an unintended resource.