CVE-2007-4559: exploitation status and patch state
CVE-2007-4559 · CVSS 9.8 CRITICAL · EPSS 27%
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.
Is CVE-2007-4559 exploited?
Not in the CISA KEV catalog.
EPSS puts exploitation in the next 30 days at 27%.
Public exploit code: none found in monitored sources.
Which products and versions are affected?
No affected package list recorded here yet.
Is there a patch?
No patch identifier recorded here yet.
What PlainSec published about CVE-2007-4559
PlainSec has not published a story about this CVE.