diff --git a/tests/evil_symlink_win.phpt b/tests/evil_symlink_win.phpt
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+--TEST--
+tests extraction of out-of-path symlink with a windows path
+--SKIPIF--
+--FILE--
+<?php
+require_once dirname(__FILE__) . '/setup.php.inc';
+$extract_target = dirname(__FILE__) . '/evil_symlink_win';
+mkdir($extract_target, 0777, TRUE);
+$tar = new Archive_Tar(dirname(__FILE__) . '/evil_symlink_win.tar');
+$tar->extract($extract_target);
+// On Windows dirname() will have used backslashes but the error messages do not.
+$extract_target = str_replace('\\', '/', $extract_target);
+$phpunit->assertErrors(array(array('package' => 'PEAR_Error', 'message' => 'Out-of-path file extraction {' . $extract_target . '/evil.txt --> C:\windows\system.ini}')), 'after 1');
+// N.B. file_exists() typically will not detect a broken symbolic link
+$phpunit->assertFalse(is_link($extract_target . '/evil.txt'), 'Out-of-path symlink should not have succeeded');
+echo 'tests done';
+?>
+--CLEAN--
+<?php
+unlink(dirname(__FILE__) . '/evil_symlink_win/evil.txt');
+rmdir(dirname(__FILE__) . '/evil_symlink_win');
+?>
+--EXPECT--
+tests done
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diff --git a/tests/out_of_path_relative.phpt b/tests/out_of_path_relative.phpt
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+--TEST--
+tests extraction of out-of-path symlink
+--SKIPIF--
+--FILE--
+<?php
+require_once dirname(__FILE__) . '/setup.php.inc';
+$extract_target = dirname(__FILE__) . '/one/two/three/four';
+mkdir($extract_target, 0777, TRUE);
+file_put_contents(dirname(__FILE__) . '/one/two/secret.txt', 'password1');
+$tar = new Archive_Tar(dirname(__FILE__) . '/out_of_path_relative.tar');
+$tar->extract($extract_target);
+// On Windows dirname() will have used backslashes but the error messages do not.
+$extract_target = str_replace('\\', '/', $extract_target);
+$phpunit->assertErrors(array(array('package' => 'PEAR_Error', 'message' => 'Out-of-path file extraction {' . $extract_target . '/five/six/evil.txt --> ../../../../secret.txt}')), 'after 1');
+$phpunit->assertFileNotExists($extract_target . '/five/six/evil.txt', 'Out-of-path symlink should not have succeeded');
+echo 'tests done';
+?>
+--CLEAN--
+<?php
+unlink(dirname(__FILE__) . '/one/two/secret.txt');
+unlink(dirname(__FILE__) . '/one/two/three/four/five/six/evil.txt');
+rmdir(dirname(__FILE__) . '/one/two/three/four/five/six');
+rmdir(dirname(__FILE__) . '/one/two/three/four/five');
+rmdir(dirname(__FILE__) . '/one/two/three/four');
+rmdir(dirname(__FILE__) . '/one/two/three');
+rmdir(dirname(__FILE__) . '/one/two');
+rmdir(dirname(__FILE__) . '/one');
+?>
+--EXPECT--
+tests done
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