CVE-2002-0399 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in GNU tar versions 1.13.19 through 1.13.25, and potentially later. This flaw allows an attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on a system during archive extraction by crafting a malicious tar archive containing specific directory traversal sequences like "/.." or "./..". With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, but only impacting integrity (file overwrites). There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there known public exploits in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.13.25CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:tar:1.13.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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