CVE-2001-1271 — LOW severity vulnerability (Directory traversal vulnerability in rar 2.02 and earlier al)
Directory traversal vulnerability in rar 2.02 and earlier allows attackers to overwrite arbitrary files during archive extraction via a .. (dot dot) attack on archived filenames.
| CVE ID | CVE-2001-1271 |
|---|---|
| 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 rar 2.02 and earlier allows attackers to overwrite arbitrary files during archive extraction via a .. (dot dot) attack on archived filenames. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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