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CVE-2016-5418

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 4.71% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2016-09-21 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.5. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references. It may be remotely exploitable.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links
gist.github.com ↗ github.com ↗ github.com ↗

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CVE
CVE-2016-5418
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
4.71%

Original NVD Description

The sandboxing code in libarchive 3.2.0 and earlier mishandles hardlink archive entries of non-zero data size, which might allow remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a crafted archive file.