# 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.

- Page: https://www.vulneraibility.com/cve/CVE-2020-28949
- CVSS: 7.8
- Known exploited: yes, in CISA KEV since 2022-08-25; CISA due date 2022-09-15
- EPSS: 84.55% (percentile 99.7)
- Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module
- CISA SSVC: exploitation active, automatable no, technical impact total (assessed 2025-02-07)
- Also known as: GHSA-75c5-f4gw-38r9, GHSA-jh5x-hfhg-78jq
- Published: 2020-11-19

## Affected versions

- drupal: affected >= 7.0.0 and < 7.75.0; >= 8.0.0 and < 8.9.10; >= 9.0.0 and < 9.0.9; fixed in 7.75.0, 8.9.10, 9.0.9 (Bitnami advisory, via OSV)

A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected.

## References

- [other] https://github.com/pear/Archive_Tar/issues/33
- [other] https://www.drupal.org/sa-core-2020-013
- [other] https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00045.html
- [advisory] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4V35LBRM6HBCXBVCITKQ4UEBTXO2EG7B/
- [advisory] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NBYZSHYTIOBK6V7C4N7TP6KIKCRKLVWP/
- [advisory] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KWM4CTMEGAC4I2CHYNJVSROY4CVXVEUT/
- [advisory] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5KSFM672XW3X6BR7TVKRD63SLZGKK437/
- [advisory] https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4817
- [other] http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/161095/PEAR-Archive_Tar-Arbitrary-File-Write.html
- [advisory] https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-23
- [advisory] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VJQQYDAOWHD6RDITDRPHFW7WY6BS3V5N/
- [advisory] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/42GPGVVFTLJYAKRI75IVB5R45NYQGEUR/
- [other] https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-28949

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