### [CVE-2018-12015](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-12015) ![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Product&message=n%2Fa&color=blue) ![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=n%2Fa&color=blue) ![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Vulnerability&message=n%2Fa&color=brighgreen) ### Description In Perl through 5.26.2, the Archive::Tar module allows remote attackers to bypass a directory-traversal protection mechanism, and overwrite arbitrary files, via an archive file containing a symlink and a regular file with the same name. ### POC #### Reference - https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=900834 - https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html #### Github - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon - https://github.com/InesMartins31/iot-cves - https://github.com/lnick2023/nicenice - https://github.com/qazbnm456/awesome-cve-poc - https://github.com/xbl3/awesome-cve-poc_qazbnm456