CVE-2021-31566 — Vulnerability intelligence
libarchive — libarchive
Published:
- CVSS
- 7.8
- CISA KEV
- Not listed; not proof of no exploitation
Original source text (not a translation)
An improper link resolution flaw can occur while extracting an archive leading to changing modes, times, access control lists, and flags of a file outside of the archive. An attacker may provide a malicious archive to a victim user, who would trigger this flaw when trying to extract the archive. A local attacker may use this flaw to gain more privileges in a system.