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CVE-2016-6321

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 15.15% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2016-12-09 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

AI analysis pending.

Public Exploit Signal

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

External Security References
packetstormsecurity.com ↗

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CVE
CVE-2016-6321
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
15.15%

Original NVD Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the safer_name_suffix function in GNU tar 1.14 through 1.29 might allow remote attackers to bypass an intended protection mechanism and write to arbitrary files via vectors related to improper sanitization of the file_name parameter, aka POINTYFEATHER.