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CVE-2002-1216
GNU tar 1.13.19 and other versions before 1.13.25 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack, as the result…
Medium5.0EPSS 1.6%
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Description
GNU tar 1.13.19 and other versions before 1.13.25 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack, as the result of a modification that effectively disabled the security check.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.6% · top 25% 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: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
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Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (5)
- RHSA-2002:096 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 20020928 GNU tar (Re: Allot Netenforcer problems, GNU TAR flaw) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- archive-extraction-directory-traversal(10224) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- MDKSA-2006:219 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- OpenPKG-SA-2006.038 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_OPENPKGx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .