Vulnerability in Gnu Tar

CVE-2002-0399

Directory traversal vulnerability in GNU tar 1.13.19 through 1.13.25, and possibly later versions, allows attackers to overwrite arbitrary files during archive extraction via a (1) "/.." or (2) "./.." string, which removes the leading slas…

EPSS: 0.036 (87.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Gnu Tar — versions 1.13.25
  • N/a — versions n/a

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2002-0399?
CVE-2002-0399 is a vulnerability in Gnu Tar. Published 2002-10-10.
Is CVE-2002-0399 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.