Archive
CVE-2023-39137
HIGH
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V2 - Validation and Business Logic Input validation, allowlisting
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| Impact | CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH). Attack characteristics: local attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required. Public proof-of-concept exploit code is available. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | Successful exploitation could compromise the high-severity affected system. |
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An issue in Archive v3.3.7 allows attackers to spoof zip filenames which can lead to inconsistent filename parsing. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.
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This vulnerability is classified under CWE-20. An issue in Archive v3.3.7 allows attackers to spoof zip filenames which can lead to inconsistent filename parsing. Affected products include: Archive Project Archive.
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
An issue in Archive v3.3.7 allows attackers to spoof zip filenames which can lead to inconsistent filename parsing.
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Attack Technique
Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
An issue in Archive v3.3.7 allows attackers to execute a path traversal via extracting a crafted zip file. Rated high se
In Perl through 5.26.2, the Archive::Tar module allows remote attackers to bypass a directory-traversal protection mecha
Symlink-based path traversal in the Perl module Archive::Tar before version 3.08 allows a malicious tar archive to write
Arbitrary file modification in the Perl Archive::Tar module before version 3.08 allows a malicious tar archive to create
Memory exhaustion in the Perl Archive::Tar module before version 3.10 lets remote attackers cause a denial of service by
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