CVE-2001-1268

N/A Unknown
Published: July 12, 2001 Modified: April 16, 2026
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Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Info-ZIP UnZip 5.42 and earlier allows attackers to overwrite arbitrary files during archive extraction via a .. (dot dot) in an extracted filename.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/196445
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-47800-1
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1000928.1-1
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/UnZip.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/196445
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-47800-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1000928.1-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/UnZip.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

8 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.7%
73th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

info-zip