CVE-2005-2541

Tar 1.15.1 does not properly warn the user when extracting setuid or setgid files, which may allow local users or remote attackers to gain privileges.

Score

CVSS 2.0 10.0 Critical

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2005-08-10

Last modified

2024-08-07

Affected products

• Tar (Gnu)

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112327628230258&w=2
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc713534b10f9daeee2e0990239fa407e2118e4aa9e88a7041177497c%40%3Cissues.guacamole.ap…