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CVE-2006-0931

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-0931 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in PEAR::Archive_Tar versions prior to 1.3.2. This flaw allows remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files on a system by crafting malicious pathnames within a TAR archive. With a CVSS score of 5.0, it presents a medium severity risk, requiring no authentication and low attack complexity to achieve partial integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pear:pear_archive_tar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 1.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pear:pear_archive_tar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 1.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pear:pear_archive_tar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.36%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0236 is in the 73rd percentile among its peer group of 23,723 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 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 (1)

composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: pear/archive_tarFixed in: 1.3.2

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-f3xw-vgc7-f7h8critical

PEAR::Archive_Tar Directory Traversal vulnerability

May 1, 2022

References

pear.php.net / bugs/bug.php
pear.php.net / package/Archive_Tar/download
secunia.com / advisories/19011
Vendor Advisory
hamid.ir / security/phptar.txt
Vendor Advisory
osvdb.org / 23481
securityfocus.com / archive/1/425967/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/16805
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/0728