CVE-2002-1216

MediumCVSS 5.0/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

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

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

Timeline

Published: Oct 28, 2002
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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