CVE-2001-1267

LowCVSS 2.1/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

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).

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 2.1/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Jul 12, 2001
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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