External Control of File Name or Path in archiver - CVE-2024-0406
Published: March 24, 2025 / Updated: April 11, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU105975
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-0406
CWE-ID: CWE-73
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vendor: mholt (Matt Holt)
Affected software:
archiver
archiver
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to application allows an attacker to control path of the files when extracting data from a .tar archive. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted archive to the application and overwrite arbitrary files on the system.
How to mitigate CVE-2024-0406
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.