CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
This vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild and listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
Remediation Deadline: Sep 15, 2022
Description
PEAR Archive_Tar Tar.php allows write operations with directory traversal due to inadequate checking of symbolic links. PEAR stands for PHP Extension and Application Repository and it is an open-source framework and distribution system for reusable PHP components with known usage in third-party products such as Drupal Core and Red Hat Linux.
EPSS — Exploit Probability
Higher than 98.7% of all CVEs
Required Action
https://github.com/pear/Archive_Tar/commit/cde460582ff389404b5b3ccb59374e9b389de916, https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2021-001, https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2020-36193; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36193
Risk Assessment
HIGHDetails
- Severity
- High
- EPSS
- 71.1%
- CISA KEV
- Yes
- Ransomware
- Unknown
- Articles
- 0
Timeline
Published
Aug 25, 2022
Added to KEV
Aug 25, 2022
Remediation Due
Sep 15, 2022