CVE-2021-38511

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Se ha detectado un problema en la crate tar versiones anteriores a 0.4.36 para Rust. Cuando los enlaces simbólicos están presentes en un archivo TAR, la extracción puede crear directorios arbitrarios por medio de .. Salto

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2021-08-10 CVE Reserved
2021-08-10 CVE Published
2024-04-25 EPSS Updated
2024-08-04 CVE Updated
2024-08-04 First Exploit
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rustsec/advisory-db/main/crates/tar/RUSTSEC-2021-0080.md	2024-08-04
https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2021-0080.html	2024-08-04

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Tar Project Search vendor "Tar Project"		Tar Search vendor "Tar Project" for product "Tar"				< 0.4.36 Search vendor "Tar Project" for product "Tar" and version " < 0.4.36"		rust		Affected