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CVE-2011-5325 json

Directory traversal vulnerability in the BusyBox implementation of tar before 1.22.0 v5 allows remote attackers to point to files outside t…

published 2017-08-07 9 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2011-5224

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
7.0%
EPSS 7.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in the BusyBox implementation of tar before 1.22.0 v5 allows remote attackers to point to files outside the current working directory via a symlink.

Patch / fix

  • busybox Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1:1.27.2-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2011-5325

  • busybox Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 1:1.21.0-1ubuntu1.4
  • busybox Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 1:1.22.0-15ubuntu1.4
  • busybox Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 1:1.27.2-2ubuntu3

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2011-5325

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • busybox SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES 12 SP5 +5 more 1.35.0-4.3.1
  • busybox SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.4 1.35.0-150400.3.3.1
  • busybox SLES 15 SP2-BCL, SLES 15 SP1-BCL, SLE Real Time 15 SP2 +18 more 1.34.1-4.9.1
  • busybox SLES for SAP 15 SP1, SLES for SAP 15, SLES 15-LTSS +9 more 1.26.2-4.5.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2022:4253-1SUSE-SU-2022:3959-1SUSE-SU-2022:0135-2SUSE-SU-2022:0135-1SUSE-SU-2021:3531-1

  • busybox openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.35.0-1.1
  • busybox openSUSE Leap 15.3 1.34.1-4.9.1
  • virtualbox openSUSE Leap 15.3 6.1.34-lp153.2.27.2
  • virtualbox-kmp openSUSE Leap 15.3 6.1.34-lp153.2.27.1
  • busybox openSUSE Leap 15.2 1.26.2-lp152.5.3.1
  • busybox openSUSE Leap 15.3 1.26.2-4.5.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11738-1openSUSE-SU-2022:0135-1openSUSE-SU-2021:1408-1openSUSE-SU-2021:3531-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2011-5325 updated cvss 3.5

busybox: Path traversal via crafted tar file containing symlink

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 busybox Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 busybox Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 busybox, busybox-petitboot
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

6.98% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • seclists.org http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/18 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • seclists.org https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/14 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153278/WAGO-852-Industrial-Managed-Switch-Series-Code-Execution-Hardcoded-Credentials.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • seclists.org http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/20 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

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