CVE-2015-8860

High

The tar package before 2.0.0 for Node.js allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack in an archive.

mitre·CWE-59·Published 2017-01-23

CVSS

7.5

EPSS

0.05

KEV

Exploits

cve.orgen

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The tar package before 2.0.0 for Node.js allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack in an archive.

NVDen

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The tar package before 2.0.0 for Node.js allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack in an archive.

Versions of `tar` prior to 2.0.0 are affected by an arbitrary file write vulnerability. The vulnerability occurs because `tar` does not verify that extracted symbolic links to not resolve to targets outside of the extraction root directory. ## Recommendation Update to version 2.0.0 or later

GHSAen

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NVDes

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El paquete tar en versiones anteriores a 2.0.0 para Node.js permite a atacantes remotos ercribir archivos arbitrarios a través de un ataque de enlace simbólico en un archivo.

CVSS metrics across sources

Version	Type	Source	Base	Exp	Impact	Vector
2.0	Primary	NVD	5.0	10.0	2.9	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
3.0	Primary	NVD	7.5	3.9	3.6	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
3.1	Secondary	GHSA	7.5	—	—	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N