CVE-2021-41072

squashfs_opendir in unsquash-2.c in Squashfs-Tools 4.5 allows Directory Traversal, a different vulnerability than CVE-2021-40153

published September 14, 2021

CVSS
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EPSS
2%
Percentile
83.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

squashfs_opendir in unsquash-2.c in Squashfs-Tools 4.5 allows Directory Traversal, a different vulnerability than CVE-2021-40153. A squashfs filesystem that has been crafted to include a symbolic link and then contents under the same filename in a filesystem can cause unsquashfs to first create the symbolic link pointing outside the expected directory, and then the subsequent write operation will cause the unsquashfs process to write through the symbolic link elsewhere in the filesystem.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.02296 · 83.1th percentile
Published
2021-09-14T00:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 14 SEP 00:00Z
    squashfs_opendir in unsquash-2.c in Squashfs-Tools 4.5 allows Directory Traversal, a different vulnerability than CVE-2021-40153
    cvelistv5