Vulnerability · Published Jun 18, 2021 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2021-31272
Critical 9.8
In plain English
A critical-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 3.2% (higher than 88% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)3.2%top 11.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
SerenityOS before commit 3844e8569689dd476064a0759d704bc64fb3ca2c contains a directory traversal vulnerability in tar/unzip that may lead to command execution or privilege escalation.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity/issues/3991 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity/issues/3992 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity/pull/5713/commits/3844e8569689dd476064a0759d704bc64fb3ca2c x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity/pull/5713 x_refsource_CONFIRM