{
    "id": "CVE-2006-6097",
    "published": "2006-11-24 18:07:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 22:32:27",
    "cvss_score": "4.0",
    "cvss_severity": "MEDIUM",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P",
    "cwe": null,
    "description": "GNU tar 1.16 and 1.15.1, and possibly other versions, allows user-assisted attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a tar file that contains a GNUTYPE_NAMES record with a symbolic link, which is not properly handled by the extract_archive function in extract.c and extract_mangle function in mangle.c, a variant of CVE-2002-1216.",
    "epss_score": "0.11011",
    "epss_percentile": "0.95763",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-27 18:17:05",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "gnu",
            "product": "tar"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "29160",
            "title": "GNU Tar 1.1x - 'GNUTYPE_NAMES' Directory Traversal",
            "date": "2006-11-21",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/29160"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061202-01-P.asc",
        "http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214",
        "http://kb.vmware.com/KanisaPlatform/Publishing/817/2240267_f.SAL_Public.html",
        "http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html",
        "http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-November/050812.html",
        "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0749.html",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/23115",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/23117",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/23142",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/23146",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/23163",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/23173",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/23198",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/23209",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/23314",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/23443",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/23514",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/23911",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/24479",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/24636",
        "http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:26.gtar.asc",
        "http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-10.xml",
        "http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1918",
        "http://securitytracker.com/id?1017423",
        "http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.469379"
    ]
}