CVE-2011-5325

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    CVE-2011-5325

    Published: 7 Aug 2017Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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: http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153278/WAGO-852-Industrial-Managed-Switch-Series-Code-Execution-Hardcoded-Credentials.html, http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/18, http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/20, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/21/7, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1274215, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00037.html, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00020.html, https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/14, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3935-1/, http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/18, http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/20, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/21/7, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00037.html, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00020.html, https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/14, http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153278/WAGO-852-Industrial-Managed-Switch-Series-Code-Execution-Hardcoded-Credentials.html, http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/18, http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/20, https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/14, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1274215

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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