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CVE-2021-31566

n/a / libarchive PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

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.

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / productVersions
n/a / libarchiveaffected Fixed in libarchive 3.5.2

CWE

CWE-59

References

ADP enrichment

CVE

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