CVE-2020-36193 KEV
7.5
HIGH · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 70.6% (pctl 99)
Patch first
On CISA KEV — known exploited in the wild, due 2022-09-15.
Description
Tar.php in Archive_Tar through 1.4.11 allows write operations with Directory Traversal due to inadequate checking of symbolic links, a related issue to CVE-2020-28948.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 (HIGH, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
| EPSS | 70.6% — more likely to be exploited than 99% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-22 |
| On CISA KEV | yes — remediate by 2022-09-15 |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2021-01-18 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
CISA KEV
| Name | PEAR Archive_Tar Improper Link Resolution Vulnerability |
|---|---|
| Added | 2022-08-25 |
| Due | 2022-09-15 |
| Vendor / product | PEAR / Archive_Tar |
| Ransomware use | none reported |
Affected (4)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| debian | debian linux |
| drupal | drupal |
| fedoraproject | fedora |
| php | archive tar |
References
- https://github.com/pear/Archive_Tar/commit/cde460582ff389404b5b3ccb59374e9b389de916
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/01/msg00018.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/04/msg00007.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/42GPGVVFTLJYAKRI75IVB5R45NYQGEUR/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FOZNK4FIIV7FSFCJNNFWMJZTTV7NFJV2/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VJQQYDAOWHD6RDITDRPHFW7WY6BS3V5N/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YKD5WEFA4WT6AVTMRAYBNXZNLWZHM7FH/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-23
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4894
- https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2021-001
- https://github.com/pear/Archive_Tar/commit/cde460582ff389404b5b3ccb59374e9b389de916
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/01/msg00018.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/04/msg00007.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/42GPGVVFTLJYAKRI75IVB5R45NYQGEUR/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FOZNK4FIIV7FSFCJNNFWMJZTTV7NFJV2/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VJQQYDAOWHD6RDITDRPHFW7WY6BS3V5N/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YKD5WEFA4WT6AVTMRAYBNXZNLWZHM7FH/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-23
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4894
- https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2021-001
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