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01 Record

CVE-2007-4134

Directory traversal vulnerability in extract.c in star before 1.5a84 allows user-assisted remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via certain //.. (slash slash dot dot) sequences in directory

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
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02 Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in extract.c in star before 1.5a84 allows user-assisted remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via certain //.. (slash slash dot dot) sequences in directory

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
3.00% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 87.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
The NVD has published no score for this record
NVD CVSS vector
No NVD score to derive
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
Red Hat severity
Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2007-08-30 22:00Z19 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-07 14:46Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2007-08-02
Assigning CNA
redhat
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Not rated by the issuing CNA
CNA CVSS vector
Not published by the issuing CNA
Weaknesses
  • CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base
Data version
5.1
Document digest
b4456c40a16f6d72ca4fefd92a50bddc706558f4232b96068237df43beff8f8a

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
redhatenterprise_linuxNot specified—
redhatfedoraNot specified—

06 References