Vulnerabilities > CVE-2005-2541 - Unspecified vulnerability in GNU TAR 1.15.1
Attack vector
UNKNOWN Attack complexity
UNKNOWN Privileges required
UNKNOWN Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN Integrity impact
UNKNOWN Availability impact
UNKNOWN Summary
Tar 1.15.1 does not properly warn the user when extracting setuid or setgid files, which may allow local users or remote attackers to gain privileges.
Statements
| contributor | Mark J Cox |
| lastmodified | 2006-08-30 |
| organization | Red Hat |
| statement | This is the documented and expected behaviour of tar. |