CVE-2006-6097: gnu tar

EPSS trend

Probability

11.01%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

96%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 11.01% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026

EPSS score

11.01%

Known exploited

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Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

4 found

referenceUnverified
Exploit Reference (securityfocus.com)
Maturity: unknown
referenceUnverified
Exploit Reference (lists.grok.org.uk)
Maturity: unknown
referenceUnverified
Exploit Reference (bugzilla.redhat.com)
Maturity: unknown

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exploit-databaseremotelinuxVerified
GNU Tar 1.1x - 'GNUTYPE_NAMES' Directory Traversal
Maturity: weaponized

References

51 links

secunia.com/advisories/23117Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10963VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-821X Refsource CONFIRM
securityreason.com/securityalert/1918Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SREASON
www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.htmlThird Party AdvisoryX Refsource CERTUS Government Resource
www.securityfocus.com/bid/21235VDB EntryX Refsource BIDExploit
secunia.com/advisories/23146Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA
lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-November/050812.htmlMailing ListX Refsource FULLDISCExploit
kb.vmware.com/KanisaPlatform/Publishing/817/2240267_f.SAL_Public.htmlX Refsource CONFIRM
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource APPLE

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secunia.com/advisories/23209Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA
docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214X Refsource CONFIRM
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5102VDB EntryX Refsource VUPEN
www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0068/Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource TRUSTIX
secunia.com/advisories/23142Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA
secunia.com/advisories/23314Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1171VDB EntryX Refsource VUPEN
support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-015.htmX Refsource CONFIRM
security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-10.xmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource GENTOO
secunia.com/advisories/23198Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA
secunia.com/advisories/23115Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA
www.vmware.com/support/esx25/doc/esx-254-200702-patch.htmlX Refsource CONFIRM
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453286/100/0/threadedMailing ListX Refsource BUGTRAQ
secunia.com/advisories/23911Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA
www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-385-1Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource UBUNTU
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464268/100/0/threadedMailing ListX Refsource BUGTRAQ
secunia.com/advisories/23173Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0749.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource REDHAT
security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:26.gtar.ascVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FREEBSD
securitytracker.com/id?1017423VDB EntryX Refsource SECTRACK
secunia.com/advisories/24636Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA
www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1223Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource DEBIAN
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930VDB EntryX Refsource VUPEN
secunia.com/advisories/23443Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA
bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=216937X Refsource MISCExploit
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:219Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource MANDRIVA
www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.038.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource OPENPKG
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4717VDB EntryX Refsource VUPEN
secunia.com/advisories/23514Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA
slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.469379Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource SLACKWARE
secunia.com/advisories/24479Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA
secunia.com/advisories/23163Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006:0749Advisory
access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/ARTICLE
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=216937REPORT
security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2006/rhsa-2006_0749.jsonAdvisory
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-6097REPORT
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1618237REPORT
www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-6097Advisory
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-6097Advisory
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-6097Advisory

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CVE-2006-6097: gnu tar

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