CVE-2018-20990 is a high-severity arbitrary file overwrite vulnerability affecting the Rust tar crate versions prior to 0.4.16. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on a system by crafting a malicious TAR archive containing symlinks or hardlinks. While the CVSS score is 7.5, indicating high impact on integrity, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 0.4.16CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tar_project:tar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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