[CVE-2020-27637] CRAN Version 4.0.2 Advisory
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Summary
CRAN 4.0.2 path traversal (CVE-2020-27637): malicious R packages abuse tar.gz headers to write outside install directories — overwriting binaries, adding cronjobs, planting SSH keys; fixed in 4.0.3.
- CVE
- CVE-2020-27637
- Published
- Collected
--- id: 4093 title: "[CVE-2020-27637] CRAN Version 4.0.2 Advisory" cve: CVE-2020-27637 source_domain: bishopfox.com source_url: "https://bishopfox.com/blog/cran-version-4-0-2-advisory" published_at: "2021-01-11T00:00:00Z" tags: ["supply-chain", "path-traversal", "advisory", "cran", "r-language", "cve-2020-27637"] phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/4093" lang: en --- # [CVE-2020-27637] CRAN Version 4.0.2 Advisory ## Summary CRAN 4.0.2 path traversal (CVE-2020-27637): malicious R packages abuse tar.gz headers to write outside install directories — overwriting binaries, adding cronjobs, planting SSH keys; fixed in 4.0.3. ## Intelligence Metadata - **Sources:** bishopfox.com - **CVE:** CVE-2020-27637 - **Published:** 2021-01-11T00:00:00Z - **Original:** https://bishopfox.com/blog/cran-version-4-0-2-advisory - **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/4093