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CVE-2007-4559

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 27.10%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2007-08-28 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8. Its EPSS score suggests a 27.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It may be remotely exploitable.

CVE
CVE-2007-4559
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
27.10%

Original NVD Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the (1) extract and (2) extractall functions in the tarfile module in Python allows user-assisted remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) sequence in filenames in a TAR archive, a related issue to CVE-2001-1267.