CVE-2001-1267 — LOW severity vulnerability (Directory traversal vulnerability in GNU tar 1.13.19 and ear)
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).
| CVE ID | CVE-2001-1267 |
|---|---|
| Severity | LOW |
| CVSS score | 2.1 |
| CVSS vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 2001-07-12 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| 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). |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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