VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2007-4559
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 ..
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 27.1%
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 27.1%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 27.10% probability · 98th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- python/python
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2007-August/074290.htmlMailing List, Vendor Advisory
- http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2007-August/074292.htmlExploit, Mailing List
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26623Broken Link
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3022Broken Link
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=263261Issue Tracking
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CVBB7NU3YIRRDOKLYVN647WPRR3IAKR6/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FI55PGL47ES3OU2FQPGEHOI2EK3S2OBH/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KA4Z44ZAI4SY7THCFBUDNT5EEFO4XQ3A/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-06
- http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2007-August/074290.htmlMailing List, Vendor Advisory
- http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2007-August/074292.htmlExploit, Mailing List
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26623Broken Link
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3022Broken Link
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=263261Issue Tracking
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CVBB7NU3YIRRDOKLYVN647WPRR3IAKR6/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FI55PGL47ES3OU2FQPGEHOI2EK3S2OBH/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KA4Z44ZAI4SY7THCFBUDNT5EEFO4XQ3A/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CVBB7NU3YIRRDOKLYVN647WPRR3IAKR6/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FI55PGL47ES3OU2FQPGEHOI2EK3S2OBH/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KA4Z44ZAI4SY7THCFBUDNT5EEFO4XQ3A/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-06
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.