CVE-2002-0399

MediumCVSS 5.0/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

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 slash but leaves the "..", a variant of CVE-2001-1267.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 5.0/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Oct 10, 2002
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2002-0399: Medium severity, CVSS 5.0 | Vulnix