CVE-2016-10173

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

4.70% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 91.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

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.

Published

2017-02-01 15:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 03:14Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2017-01-29

Assigning CNA

mitre

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

3061236a8d50c04d7ce761d9889179463dc682737fbd88269432785ab1b15a44

• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20170124 CVE request: rubygem minitar: directory traversal vulnerabilityhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/24/7mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201702-32https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-32vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• www.securityfocus.com95874http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95874vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• github.comhttps://github.com/halostatue/minitar/issues/16x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20170129 Re: CVE request: rubygem minitar: directory traversal vulnerabilityhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/29/1mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.debian.orgDSA-3778http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3778vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• puppet.comhttps://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2016-10173x_refsource_CONFIRM
• github.comhttps://github.com/halostatue/minitar/commit/e25205ecbb6277ae8a3df1e6a306d7ed4458b6e4x_refsource_CONFIRM