# CVE-2007-4559: Directory traversal vulnerability in the (1) extract and (2) extractall functions in the tarfile module in Python allows user-assisted remot

- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 7 GitHub repos listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2007-08-28 · Updated: 2025-01-17

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the (1) extract and (2) extractall functions in the tarfile module in Python allows user-assisted remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) sequence in filenames in a TAR archive, a related issue to CVE-2001-1267.

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## References

- http://secunia.com/advisories/26623
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3022
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=263261
- http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2007-August/074290.html
- http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2007-August/074292.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-06
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FI55PGL47ES3OU2FQPGEHOI2EK3S2OBH/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CVBB7NU3YIRRDOKLYVN647WPRR3IAKR6/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KA4Z44ZAI4SY7THCFBUDNT5EEFO4XQ3A/
- https://github.com/Ooscaar/MALW
- https://github.com/advanced-threat-research/Creosote
- https://github.com/davidholiday/CVE-2007-4559
- https://github.com/depers-rus/CVE-2007-4559
- https://github.com/jithinodattu/CVE-2007-4559-lab
- https://github.com/luigigubello/trellix-tarslip-patch-bypass
- https://github.com/m0d0ri205/wargame-tarpioka

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