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CVE detail

CVE-2020-28949

Archive_Tar through 1.4.10 has :// filename sanitization only to address phar attacks, and thus any other stream-wrapper attack (such as file:// to overwrite files) can still succeed.

CVSS 7.8 · HighBuzz score 57.5KEV listed

Buzz score

Why this CVE is surfacing

Buzz score total 57.5

This all-time snapshot uses the same composite formula as Trending across a 30-year evidence window, rather than a current rolling window.

Buzz score components · mention 19.5 · diversity 13.0 · KEV 25.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
Mention score
19.5
6 evidence mentions in the snapshot
Diversity score
13.0
4 sources across 2 categories
KEV score
25.0
Known exploited vulnerability present
OTX score
0.0
0 OTX pulses
PoC score
0.0
0 repos · best confidence N/A
Best PoC traction
0
Maximum stars on a matched PoC repo

Why it matters now

Mention timeline

Total mentions
0
within the 30d window
Peak daily
0
highest bucket

Evidence

Source links by recency

Newest mentions first
6 source links · newest first
  • The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added 10 new flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added 10 new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, including a high-severity security flaw (CVE-2021-38406 CVSS score: 7.8) impacting Delta Electronics industrial automation software. According to Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 22-01: […]

    newssecurityaffairs.comAug 29, 2022, 9:03 AM
  • A vulnerability affecting industrial automation software from Delta Electronics appears to have been exploited in attacks, and the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is urging organizations to take action as soon as possible.

    newswww.securityweek.comAug 26, 2022, 10:28 AM
  • 30th November – Threat Intelligence BulletinCheck Point Research

    For the latest discoveries in cyber research for the week of 30th November, please download our Threat Intelligence Bulletin. Top Attacks and Breaches Check Point Research has analyzed a new global campaign that distributed Bandook, a 13-year old backdoor Trojan. Previous campaigns utilizing the malware were attributed to the Kazakh and the Lebanese governments. The […]

    vendorresearch.checkpoint.comNov 30, 2020, 1:23 PM
  • Drupal has released emergency security updates to fix a critical flaw with known exploits that could allow for arbitrary PHP code execution. Drupal has released emergency security updates to address a critical vulnerability with known exploits that could be exploited to achieve arbitrary PHP code execution on some CMS versions. The Drupal project uses the PEAR […]

    newssecurityaffairs.comNov 27, 2020, 10:55 PM
  • Drupal has released out-of-band security updates to fix two critical code execution flaws (CVE-2020-28948, CVE-2020-28949) in Drupal core, as “there are known exploits for one of core’s dependencies and some configurations of Drupal are vulnerable.” The vulnerabilities (CVE-2020-28948, CVE-2020-28949) CVE-2020-28948 and CVE-2020-28949 are arbitrary PHP code execution vulnerabilities found in the open source PEAR Archive_Tar library, which Drupal uses to handle TAR files in PHP. “(The) vulnerabilities are possible if Drupal is configured to allow … More →

    newswww.helpnetsecurity.comNov 27, 2020, 7:57 PM
  • The developers of the Drupal content management system (CMS) released out-of-band security updates right before Thanksgiving due to the availability of exploits.

    newswww.securityweek.comNov 27, 2020, 12:14 PM

Exploit code

Public exploit repository references

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