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7.5
HIGH CVSS 3.0
CVE-2016-10173
TarMinitar Directory Traversal Vulnerability
Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the minitar before 0.6 and archive-tar-minitar 0.5.2 gems for Ruby allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a TAR archive entry.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 1, 2017, 3:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 20, 2025, 1:37 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !

Source :

[email protected]
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-10173 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Minitar archive-tar-minitar
2 Minitar minitar
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 2
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
CVSS 3.0 HIGH [email protected]
Solution
A directory traversal vulnerability exists in the minitar and archive-tar-minitar gems for Ruby.
  • Upgrade the affected ruby-archive-tar-minitar package.
  • Update the affected rubygem-minitar package.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2016-10173.

URL Resource
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3778
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/24/7 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/29/1 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95874 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://github.com/halostatue/minitar/commit/e25205ecbb6277ae8a3df1e6a306d7ed4458b6e4 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/halostatue/minitar/issues/16 Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2016-10173
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-32
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3778
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/24/7 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/29/1 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95874 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://github.com/halostatue/minitar/commit/e25205ecbb6277ae8a3df1e6a306d7ed4458b6e4 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/halostatue/minitar/issues/16 Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2016-10173
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-32
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-10173 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2016-10173 weaknesses.

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2016-10173 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

Results are limited to the first 20 news articles due to potential performance issues.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-10173 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3778
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/24/7
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/29/1
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95874
    Added Reference https://github.com/halostatue/minitar/commit/e25205ecbb6277ae8a3df1e6a306d7ed4458b6e4
    Added Reference https://github.com/halostatue/minitar/issues/16
    Added Reference https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2016-10173
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-32
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 09, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2016-10173 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 04, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3778 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 01, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-32 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 28, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/halostatue/minitar/issues/16 No Types Assigned https://github.com/halostatue/minitar/issues/16 Third Party Advisory, Exploit
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/halostatue/minitar/commit/e25205ecbb6277ae8a3df1e6a306d7ed4458b6e4 No Types Assigned https://github.com/halostatue/minitar/commit/e25205ecbb6277ae8a3df1e6a306d7ed4458b6e4 Third Party Advisory, Patch
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/24/7 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/24/7 Third Party Advisory, Mailing List, Patch
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95874 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95874 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/29/1 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/29/1 Third Party Advisory, Mailing List, Patch
    Added CWE CWE-22
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:minitar:archive-tar-minitar:0.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) *cpe:2.3:a:minitar:minitar:0.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 7.5
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Base CVSS Score: 5
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

4.12 }} -2.20%

score

0.87608

percentile