CVE-2016-6321

mediumpriority · track · 36EPSS 0.157 · 97 %ileEURUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

15.7% (97th) EPSS

CVSS 5 · medium

Is it mine?

25 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Directory traversal vulnerability in the safer_name_suffix function in GNU tar 1.14 through 1.29 might allow remote attackers to bypass an intended protection mechanism and write to arbitrary files via vectors related to improper sanitization of the file_name parameter, aka POINTYFEATHER.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5

v2.05mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 2.9

v3.07.5highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6

v3.17.5highAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nsecondaryexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6

v3.16.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: poc · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: partialcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-22USprimaryCWE-22US

affected products (25)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
The GNU Project GNU Tar1.14 → 1.29fstec_bduRU
ООО «Ред Софт» РЕД ОС≤ 7.2 Муромfstec_bduRU
ФГУП РФЯЦ-ВНИИЭФ Синергия≤ 1.1.8-3.1+ogun1+cert4fstec_bduRU
gnu tar= 1.14nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu tar= 1.15nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu tar= 1.15.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu tar= 1.15.90nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu tar= 1.15.91nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu tar= 1.16nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu tar= 1.16.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu tar= 1.17nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu tar= 1.18nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu tar= 1.19nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu tar= 1.20nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu tar= 1.21nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu tar= 1.22nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu tar= 1.23nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu tar= 1.24nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu tar= 1.25nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2016-12-09modified 2026-06-17

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