CVE-2016-6321

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the safer_name_suffix function in GNU tar 1.14 through 1.29 might allow remote attackers to bypass an intended protection mechanism and write to arbitrary files via vectors related to improper sanitization of the file_name parameter, aka POINTYFEATHER.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-22

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Dec 9, 2016
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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