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TI-2001-01221 Aliases CVE-2001-1268GHSA-wvrp-7r8w-696r

Directory traversal vulnerability in Info-ZIP UnZip 5.42 and earlier allows attackers to…

Priority LOW 12Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Partial · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0067 52nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 3 advisories

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:info-zip:unzip:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 5.42VulnerableInfo-ZIP
  • cpe:2.3:a:info-zip:unzip:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 5.42 Vulnerable ·Info-ZIP

Remediation

Red Hat 3 advisories

  • RHSA-2003:218 Released 2003-07-01 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    : : : Updated unzip and tar packages that fix vulnerabilities are now available
    • Red Hat Linux 7.1
  • RHSA-2002:138 Released 2002-10-02 · Red Hat rating Low
    unzip security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
  • RHSA-2002:096 Released 2002-09-29 · Red Hat rating Low
    : : : Updated unzip and tar packages fix vulnerabilities
    • Red Hat Linux 6.2
    • Red Hat Linux 7.0
    • Red Hat Linux 7.1
    • Red Hat Linux 7.2
    • Red Hat Linux 7.3

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 Fixed RHSA-2002:138
Red Hat Linux 6.2Fixed RHSA-2002:096
Red Hat Linux 7.0Fixed RHSA-2002:096
Red Hat Linux 7.1Fixed RHSA-2002:096
Red Hat Linux 7.2Fixed RHSA-2002:096
Red Hat Linux 7.3Fixed RHSA-2002:096

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2001-1268
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wvrp-7r8w-696r

References

Advisory 2

Other 1

  • TI-2018-15693 An out-of-bounds read exists in Info-Zip UnZip version 6.10c22 that allows an attacker to… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.1
  • TI-2018-15694 An out-of-bounds read exists in Info-Zip UnZip version 6.10c22 that allows an attacker to… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.1
  • TI-2015-01194 Buffer overflow in the charset_to_intern function in unix/unix.c in Info-Zip UnZip 6.10b… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2018-15692 A heap-based buffer overflow exists in Info-Zip UnZip version 6.10c22 that allows an… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2018-15691 A heap-based buffer overflow exists in Info-Zip UnZip version 6.10c22 that allows an… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2003-00263 Directory traversal vulnerability in UnZip 5.50 allows attackers to overwrite arbitrary… CVSS 2.0LOW 2.6
See all 10 →

Sources

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