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CVE-2001-1271
Directory traversal vulnerability in rar 2.02 and earlier allows attackers to overwrite arbitrary files during archive extraction via a ..…
Low2.1EPSS 0.58%
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- mitre
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in rar 2.02 and earlier allows attackers to overwrite arbitrary files during archive extraction via a .. (dot dot) attack on archived filenames.
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)
- 0.58% · top 52% of all CVEs (2 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 (2)
- 20010712 SECURITY.NNOV: directory traversal and path globing in multiple archivers (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.security.nnov.ru/advisories/archdt.asp (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
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- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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