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CVE-2018-12015
In Perl through 5.26.2, the Archive::Tar module allows remote attackers to bypass a directory-traversal protection mechanism, and…
High7.5EPSS 7.3%
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- mitre
Description
In Perl through 5.26.2, the Archive::Tar module allows remote attackers to bypass a directory-traversal protection mechanism, and overwrite arbitrary files, via an archive file containing a symlink and a regular file with the same name.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 7.3% · top 5.6% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (12)
- 104423 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1041048 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- DSA-4226 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- USN-3684-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-3684-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 20190326 APPLE-SA-2019-3-25-2 macOS Mojave 10.14.4, Security Update 2019-002 High Sierra, Security Update 2019-002 Sierra (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20190326 APPLE-SA-2019-3-25-2 macOS Mojave 10.14.4, Security Update 2019-002 High Sierra, Security Update 2019-002 Sierra (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- RHSA-2019:2097 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=900834 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180927-0001/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT209600 (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 Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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