CVE-2007-4559

python: tarfile module directory traversal

Published Aug 28, 2007 CVSS 3.1 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 27.1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in the (1) extract and (2) extractall functions in the tarfile module in Python allows user-assisted remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) sequence in filenames in a TAR archive, a related issue to CVE-2001-1267.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Jan 17, 2025, 2:48 PM
Reserved
Aug 27, 2007, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Aug 28, 2007, 1:17 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:44 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Aug 24, 2007, 12:00 AM