CVE-2006-0931

critical

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in PEAR::Archive_Tar 1.2, and other versions before 1.3.2, allows remote attackers to create and overwrite arbitrary files via certain crafted pathnames in a TAR archive.

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0728

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16805

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425967/100/0/threaded

http://www.osvdb.org/23481

http://www.hamid.ir/security/phptar.txt

http://secunia.com/advisories/19011

http://pear.php.net/package/Archive_Tar/download/

http://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=6933

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2006-02-28

Updated: 2026-04-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.1

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Severity: Critical

CVSS v4

Base Score: 9.3

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N