CVE-2006-0931

Directory traversal vulnerability in PEAR::Archive_Tar 1.2, and other versions before 1.3.2, allows remote attackers to create and overwrite arbitrary files via certain crafted pathnames in a TAR archive.

Published: 2006-02-28 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-0931 is rated Moderate Risk (49.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.36%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-0931

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 1.43% 2.36% +0.93%
2 2025-08-02 0.84% 1.43% +0.59%
3 2025-03-30 0.84%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-0931

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-0931

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2006-0931

GHSA-f3xw-vgc7-f7h8 · Severity: critical · Ecosystem: composer — PEAR::Archive_Tar Directory Traversal vulnerability

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-0931

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu negligible CVE-2006-0931 negligible priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (php5), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): ignored 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-0931

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-0931

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
pear pear_archive_tar <= 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:pear:pear_archive_tar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pear pear_archive_tar <= 1.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:pear:pear_archive_tar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pear pear_archive_tar <= 1.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:pear:pear_archive_tar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-0931

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