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CVE-2001-1268
Directory traversal vulnerability in Info-ZIP UnZip 5.42 and earlier allows attackers to overwrite arbitrary files during archive…
Low2.1EPSS 0.67%
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Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in Info-ZIP UnZip 5.42 and earlier allows attackers to overwrite arbitrary files during archive extraction via a .. (dot dot) in an extracted filename.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.67% · top 48% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (4)
- 47800 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- 20010712 SECURITY.NNOV: directory traversal and path globing in multiple archivers (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 1000928 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- http://www.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/UnZip.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .