CVE-2007-4134 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in star before version 1.5a84, specifically affecting Red Hat Fedora. This flaw allows user-assisted remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files by leveraging specific "//.." sequences within directory symlinks inside a TAR archive. With a CVSS score of 6.8, it presents a medium severity risk, indicating potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact through network-based attacks requiring medium access complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, and it has garnered no community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:fedora:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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