CVE-2001-1270 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the console version of PKZip (pkzipc) 4.00 and earlier allows attackers to overwrite arbitrary files during archive extraction with the -rec (recursive) option via a .. (dot dot) attack on the archived files.

Published: 2002-05-03

Score: 2.1 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:pkware:pkzip:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2001-1251	Directory traversal vulnerability in the console version of PKZip (pkzipc) 4.00 and earlier allows attackers to overwrite arbitrary files during archive extraction with the -rec (recursive) option via a .. (dot dot) attack on the archived files.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00144.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/196445
http://www.security.nnov.ru/advisories/archdt.asp

History

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Subscriptions

Pkware Pkzip

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-05-03T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T04:51:07.905Z

Reserved: 2002-05-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2001-1270

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2001-07-12T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2001-1270

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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