CVE-2024-12905
HIGHtar-fs < 1.16.4, 2.0.0-2.1.2, 3.0.0-3.0.8 - Path Traversal and Arbitrary File Write via Malicious Tar Extraction
Title source: llmExploitation Summary
EIP tracks 2 public exploits for CVE-2024-12905. PoCs published by cybersploit, theMcSam.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit leverages a symlink vulnerability in tar-fs 3.0.0 to achieve arbitrary file write/overwrite by creating a malicious tar archive. It requires two stages: first uploading a symlink archive, then uploading a content archive to overwrite the target file.
Description
An Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ("Link Following") and Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ("Path Traversal"). This vulnerability occurs when extracting a maliciously crafted tar file, which can result in unauthorized file writes or overwrites outside the intended extraction directory. The issue is associated with index.js in the tar-fs package. This issue affects tar-fs: from 0.0.0 before 1.16.4, from 2.0.0 before 2.1.2, from 3.0.0 before 3.0.8.
Exploits (2)
This exploit leverages a symlink vulnerability in tar-fs 3.0.0 to achieve arbitrary file write/overwrite by creating a malicious tar archive. It requires two stages: first uploading a symlink archive, then uploading a content archive to overwrite the target file.
This PoC exploits a file write/overwrite vulnerability in tar-fs by creating a symlink and archiving it in a two-stage process to overwrite arbitrary files on the system. The exploit leverages the tar-fs library's handling of symlinks to achieve unauthorized file modification.
References (3)
Scores
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N