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CVE-2006-0931
Directory traversal vulnerability in PEAR::Archive_Tar 1.2, and other versions before 1.3.2, allows remote attackers to create and…
Medium5.0EPSS 2.4%
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Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in PEAR::Archive_Tar 1.2, and other versions before 1.3.2, allows remote attackers to create and overwrite arbitrary files via certain crafted pathnames in a TAR archive.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.4% · top 16% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Packagistpear/archive_tarGHSA-f3xw-vgc7-f7h8 (opens in a new tab)
References (8)
- http://www.hamid.ir/security/phptar.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=6933 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 23481 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- ADV-2006-0728 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20060224 Archive_Tar v 1.2(Tested) (Tar file management class) Directory traversal (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 19011 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 16805 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://pear.php.net/package/Archive_Tar/download/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-f3xw-vgc7-f7h8 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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