GNU tar: Path Traversal via Improper Path Sanitization (CVE-2020-36560)
CVE-2020-36560 Published on December 27, 2022

Path traversal in github.com/artdarek/go-unzip
Due to improper path sanitization, archives containing relative file paths can cause files to be written (or overwritten) outside of the target directory.

NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2020-36560 is exploitable with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. Public availability of a proof of concept (POC) exploit exists for CVE-2020-36560. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality, a high impact on integrity and availability.

Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
NONE
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
NONE
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
HIGH

Products Associated with CVE-2020-36560

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Go Unzipproject Go Unzip
 
GNU Tar
 

Affected Versions

github.com/artdarek/go-unzip:

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.71%
Percentile
71.87%

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