CVE-2021-31566

2022-08-2300:00:00

CWE-59

redhat

www.cve.org

8 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

25.2%

JSON

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.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "vendor": "n/a",
    "product": "libarchive",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "Fixed in libarchive 3.5.2",
        "status": "affected"
      }
    ]
  }
]