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HIGH CVSS 3.1
CVE-2020-28948
"Apache Archive_Tar Unserialization Vulnerability"
Description

Archive_Tar through 1.4.10 allows an unserialization attack because phar: is blocked but PHAR: is not blocked.

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 19, 2020, 7:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 5:23 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

No

Source :

[email protected]
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2020-28948 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 Php pear
2 Php archive_tar
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Drupal drupal
: Total Affected Vendor : 4 | Products : 5
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 3.1 HIGH [email protected]
Solution
This vulnerability can be remediated by updating PHP packages and upgrading Drupal.
  • Update affected packages.
  • Upgrade to Drupal version 7.75, 8.8.12, 8.9.10, or 9.0.9 or later.
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2020-28948 has a 11 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

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-2020-28948.

URL Resource
https://github.com/pear/Archive_Tar/issues/33 Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00045.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/42GPGVVFTLJYAKRI75IVB5R45NYQGEUR/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4V35LBRM6HBCXBVCITKQ4UEBTXO2EG7B/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5KSFM672XW3X6BR7TVKRD63SLZGKK437/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KWM4CTMEGAC4I2CHYNJVSROY4CVXVEUT/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NBYZSHYTIOBK6V7C4N7TP6KIKCRKLVWP/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VJQQYDAOWHD6RDITDRPHFW7WY6BS3V5N/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-23 Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4817 Third Party Advisory
https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2020-013 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/pear/Archive_Tar/issues/33 Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00045.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/42GPGVVFTLJYAKRI75IVB5R45NYQGEUR/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4V35LBRM6HBCXBVCITKQ4UEBTXO2EG7B/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5KSFM672XW3X6BR7TVKRD63SLZGKK437/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KWM4CTMEGAC4I2CHYNJVSROY4CVXVEUT/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NBYZSHYTIOBK6V7C4N7TP6KIKCRKLVWP/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VJQQYDAOWHD6RDITDRPHFW7WY6BS3V5N/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-23 Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4817 Third Party Advisory
https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2020-013 Third Party Advisory
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2020-28948 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-2020-28948 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).

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List of awesome starred repositories

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Updated: 2 years, 9 months ago
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JinHao-L/PoC-for-CVE-2020-28948-CVE-2020-28949

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Updated: 3 years ago
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nopdata/cve-2020-28948

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Updated: 4 years, 5 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
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developer3000S/PoC-in-GitHub

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Updated: 7 months ago
18 stars 10 fork 10 watcher
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0x240x23elu/CVE-2020-28948-and-CVE-2020-28949

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superfish9/pt

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qazbnm456/awesome-cve-poc

✍️ A curated list of CVE PoCs.

awesome cve poc

Updated: 3 months, 1 week ago
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Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2020-28948 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-2020-28948 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 https://github.com/pear/Archive_Tar/issues/33
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00045.html
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/42GPGVVFTLJYAKRI75IVB5R45NYQGEUR/
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4V35LBRM6HBCXBVCITKQ4UEBTXO2EG7B/
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5KSFM672XW3X6BR7TVKRD63SLZGKK437/
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KWM4CTMEGAC4I2CHYNJVSROY4CVXVEUT/
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NBYZSHYTIOBK6V7C4N7TP6KIKCRKLVWP/
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VJQQYDAOWHD6RDITDRPHFW7WY6BS3V5N/
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-23
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4817
    Added Reference https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2020-013
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

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

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4V35LBRM6HBCXBVCITKQ4UEBTXO2EG7B/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NBYZSHYTIOBK6V7C4N7TP6KIKCRKLVWP/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KWM4CTMEGAC4I2CHYNJVSROY4CVXVEUT/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5KSFM672XW3X6BR7TVKRD63SLZGKK437/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VJQQYDAOWHD6RDITDRPHFW7WY6BS3V5N/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/42GPGVVFTLJYAKRI75IVB5R45NYQGEUR/ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/4V35LBRM6HBCXBVCITKQ4UEBTXO2EG7B/
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/NBYZSHYTIOBK6V7C4N7TP6KIKCRKLVWP/
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/KWM4CTMEGAC4I2CHYNJVSROY4CVXVEUT/
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/5KSFM672XW3X6BR7TVKRD63SLZGKK437/
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/VJQQYDAOWHD6RDITDRPHFW7WY6BS3V5N/
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/42GPGVVFTLJYAKRI75IVB5R45NYQGEUR/
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 30, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/42GPGVVFTLJYAKRI75IVB5R45NYQGEUR/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/42GPGVVFTLJYAKRI75IVB5R45NYQGEUR/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/VJQQYDAOWHD6RDITDRPHFW7WY6BS3V5N/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/VJQQYDAOWHD6RDITDRPHFW7WY6BS3V5N/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:php:archive_tar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.4.12 OR *cpe:2.3:a:php:archive_tar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.4.11
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 25, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/42GPGVVFTLJYAKRI75IVB5R45NYQGEUR/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 19, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/VJQQYDAOWHD6RDITDRPHFW7WY6BS3V5N/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 02, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-23 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-23 Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:php:archive_tar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 1.4.10 OR *cpe:2.3:a:php:archive_tar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.4.12
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 26, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-23 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 23, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00045.html Third Party Advisory https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00045.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/5KSFM672XW3X6BR7TVKRD63SLZGKK437/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/5KSFM672XW3X6BR7TVKRD63SLZGKK437/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/KWM4CTMEGAC4I2CHYNJVSROY4CVXVEUT/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/KWM4CTMEGAC4I2CHYNJVSROY4CVXVEUT/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4817 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4817 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2020-013 No Types Assigned https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2020-013 Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 7.0 up to (excluding) 7.75 *cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 8.0.0 up to (excluding) 8.9.10 *cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 8.8.0 up to (excluding) 8.8.12 *cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 9.0.0 up to (excluding) 9.0.9
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 19, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4817 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 15, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/5KSFM672XW3X6BR7TVKRD63SLZGKK437/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 15, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/KWM4CTMEGAC4I2CHYNJVSROY4CVXVEUT/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 04, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2020-013 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 02, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/pear/Archive_Tar/issues/33 No Types Assigned https://github.com/pear/Archive_Tar/issues/33 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00045.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00045.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/4V35LBRM6HBCXBVCITKQ4UEBTXO2EG7B/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/4V35LBRM6HBCXBVCITKQ4UEBTXO2EG7B/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/NBYZSHYTIOBK6V7C4N7TP6KIKCRKLVWP/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/NBYZSHYTIOBK6V7C4N7TP6KIKCRKLVWP/ Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-502
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:php:archive_tar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 1.4.10
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 02, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/4V35LBRM6HBCXBVCITKQ4UEBTXO2EG7B/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/NBYZSHYTIOBK6V7C4N7TP6KIKCRKLVWP/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 27, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00045.html [No Types Assigned]
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: 7.8
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Base CVSS Score: 6.8
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.

74.45 }} 7.21%

score

0.98780

percentile