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CVE-2005-2541

high

Description

Tar 1.15.1 does not properly warn the user when extracting setuid or setgid files, which may allow local users or remote attackers to gain privileges.

References

https://github.com/cwayne18/vexscan

https://github.com/kun9497/assay

https://github.com/jasona7/ChatCVE

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc713534b10f9daeee2e0990239fa407e2118e4aa9e88a7041177497c%40%3Cissues.guacamole.apache.org%3E

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2005-2542

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112327628230258&w=2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2005-08-10

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.03992