Is CVE-2007-4829 being actively exploited?

CVE-2007-4829 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2007-4829?

CVE-2007-4829 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 6.8 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2007-4829

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 4.3%EU EUVD

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Archive::Tar Perl module 1.36 and earlier allows user-assisted remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a TAR archive that contains a file whose name is an absolute path or has ".." sequences.

Key facts

CVSS score: 6.8 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-22
EPSS score: 4.3% (91th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2007-4810)
Published: November 2, 2007
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-4810 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

archive
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux

References

http://osvdb.org/40410(Broken Link)
http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=29517(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=30380(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/27539(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/33116(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/33314(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200812-10.xml(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26355(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-700-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-700-2(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3755(Permissions Required)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=295021(Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38285(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1716(Broken Link)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11658(Third Party Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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