CVE-2011-5325 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2011-5325

Directory traversal vulnerability in the BusyBox implementation of tar before...

Vulnerability Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the BusyBox implementation of tar before 1.22.0 v5 allows remote attackers to point to files outside the current working directory via a symlink.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

busybox, debian linux, ubuntu linux
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 8.0, 9.0, 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 18.10

Timeline

Official Publish: August 7th, 2017
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.