Vulnerability in GNU Tar
CVE-2001-1267
Directory traversal vulnerability in GNU tar 1.13.19 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files during archive extraction via a tar file whose filenames contain a .. (dot dot).
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 2.1 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.011 (65.1th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 65th percentile — 65.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000
Affected products
References
- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do (vendor-advisory)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-096.html (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/196445 (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, Exploit, Patch)
- distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/ (vendor-advisory)
- www.iss.net/security_center/static/10224.php (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-138.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
- online.securityfocus.com/advisories/4514 (vendor-advisory)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-218.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/3024 (vdb-entry)