CVE-2006-6097

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GNU tar 1.16 and 1.15.1, and possibly other versions, allows user-assisted attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a tar file that contains a GNUTYPE_NAMES record with a symbolic link, which is not properly handled by the extract_archive function in extract.c and extract_mangle function in mangle.c, a variant of CVE-2002-1216.
CVSS

Versión: 2.0
Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Puntuación base: 4
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)

Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 11%
Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 96
Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)

GNU — TAR
CWE

NVD-CWE-Other
Referencias

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