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CVE-2007-4829

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2007-4829 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in Archive::Tar Perl module versions 1.36 and earlier, impacting products like Canonical Ubuntu Linux. This flaw allows user-assisted remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files by crafting TAR archives with absolute paths or ".." sequences in filenames. With a CVSS score of 6.8, this vulnerability has a medium attack complexity and can lead to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.36CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:archive\:\:tar_project:archive\:\:tar:*:*:*:*:*:perl:*:*
6.06CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
7.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
8.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.32%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0432 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: perl-Archive-Tar-0:1.39.1-1.el4_8.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: perl-Archive-Tar-1:1.39.1-1.el5_5.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2007-4829Moderate

perl-Archive-Tar directory traversal flaws

Aug 24, 2007

References

osvdb.org / 40410
Broken Link
rt.cpan.org / Public/Bug/Display.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
rt.cpan.org / Public/Bug/Display.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/27539
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/33116
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/33314
Third Party Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/38285
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
issues.rpath.com / browse/RPL-1716
Broken Link
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11658
Third Party Advisory
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200812-10.xml
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/26355
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-700-1
Third Party Advisory
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-700-2
Third Party Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/3755
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