CVE-2011-5325

HIGH

BusyBox < 1.22.0 v5 - Directory Traversal via Symlink in Tar Implementation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (9)

Core 9
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/21/7
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1274215
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00037.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3935-1/
Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_fulldisc
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/18
Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/14
Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_fulldisc
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/20
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00020.html

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0718
EPSS Percentile 93.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-22
Status published
Products (7)
busybox/busybox < 1.21.1
canonical/ubuntu_linux 14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 16.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 18.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 18.10
debian/debian_linux 8.0
debian/debian_linux 9.0
Published Aug 07, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026