CVE-2018-20990

Published Aug 26, 2019

Last updated 5 years ago

Overview

Description
An issue was discovered in the tar crate before 0.4.16 for Rust. Arbitrary file overwrite can occur via a symlink or hardlink in a TAR archive.
Source
cve@mitre.org
NVD status
Analyzed

Risk scores

CVSS 3.0

Type
Primary
Base score
7.5
Impact score
3.6
Exploitability score
3.9
Vector string
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Severity
HIGH

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
6.4
Impact score
4.9
Exploitability score
10
Vector string
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-59

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Configurations