CVE-2021-31272 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

SerenityOS before commit 3844e8569689dd476064a0759d704bc64fb3ca2c contains a directory traversal vulnerability in tar/unzip that may lead to command execution or privilege escalation.

Published: 2021-06-18

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 3.2% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:serenityos:serenityos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-18184	SerenityOS before commit 3844e8569689dd476064a0759d704bc64fb3ca2c contains a directory traversal vulnerability in tar/unzip that may lead to command execution or privilege escalation.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.03169.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity/issues/3991
https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity/issues/3992
https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity/pull/5713
https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity/pull/5713/commits/3844e8569689dd476064a0759d704bc64fb3ca2c

History

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Subscriptions

Serenityos Serenityos

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2021-06-18T21:50:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-03T22:55:53.330Z

Reserved: 2021-04-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-31272

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-06-18T22:15:11.833

Modified: 2026-06-17T03:51:31.663

Link: CVE-2021-31272

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-22
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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