CVE-2020-28949 is a critical vulnerability in Archive_Tar versions up to 1.4.10, affecting products like Debian, Drupal, and PHP. It allows attackers to overwrite arbitrary files by exploiting stream-wrapper attacks, bypassing existing sanitization for phar attacks. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability requires user interaction but can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vulnerability is actively exploited, listed in CISA's KEV catalog, and has publicly available exploit modules, including a Metasploit module, indicating widespread community attention and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.4.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:php:archive_tar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
32CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
33CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.