{"cve":"CVE-2005-1918","nvd":{"published":"2005-12-31T05:00:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:13:54.917","status":"Modified","description":"The original patch for a GNU tar directory traversal vulnerability (CVE-2002-0399) in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 2.1 uses an \"incorrect optimization\" that allows user-assisted attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a crafted tar file, probably involving \"/../\" sequences with a leading \"/\".","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-22"],"references":["ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060301-01.U.asc","http://secunia.com/advisories/18988","http://secunia.com/advisories/19130","http://secunia.com/advisories/19183","http://secunia.com/advisories/20397"],"products":["gnu:tar","redhat:enterprise_linux","redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop","redhat:linux_advanced_workstation"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:40:09.211843075+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2005-1918","score":0.0293,"percentile":0.87082,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}