CVE-2018-12015

In Perl through 5.26.2, the Archive::Tar module allows remote attackers to bypass a directory-traversal protection mechanism, and overwrite arbitrary files, via an archive file containing a symlink and a regular file with the same name.

CVSS v3.0

7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CVSS v2.0

6.4 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

EPSS

7.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 94th percentile

Published

2018-06-07

Updated

2024-08-05

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=900834

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2018-1201
• CVE-2018-12018
• CVE-2018-1189
• CVE-2018-1202
• CVE-2018-1188
• CVE-2018-1203