CVE-2020-28949

7.8

CVSS
High

PUBLISHED

Archive_Tar through 1.4.10 has :// filename sanitization only to address phar attacks, and thus any other stream-wrapper attack (such as file:// to...

Exploited in the wild Low complexity

Vendor: pear
Product: Archive_Tar
Published: Nov 19, 2020
EPSS: —

Description

Archive_Tar through 1.4.10 has :// filename sanitization only to address phar attacks, and thus any other stream-wrapper attack (such as file:// to overwrite files) can still succeed.

cisa metasploit

CVSS scores

CVSS v3.1 7.8 High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 6.8

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

Exploitation status

Exploited in the wild

Recorded 2022-08-25 00:00:00 UTC · Source

SSVC decision points

Exploitation: active
Automatable: No
Technical impact: total

References

Known exploited vulnerability sources

Catalogues that list this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability.

Source	Added
CISA	Aug 25, 2022

Scanner integrations

Scanner	Reference	Detected
Metasploit	https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/multi/fileformat/archive_tar_arb_file_write.rb	Apr 28, 2025

Potential proof of concepts

These PoCs are unverified and could contain malware. Use at your own risk.

archive_tar_arb_file_write

metasploit · Created Unknown

Metasploit module for CVE-2020-28949

Vulnerability detail