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Vulnerability record · CVE-2001-1268 · published 12 July 2001

CVE-2001-1268: Info-zip unzip vulnerability

IInfo Zip · Unzip

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.

2.1 CVSS 2.0 Low EPSS 0.67% · top 50.0%
2.1CVSS 2.0 base score
0.67%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
8References, 2 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

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.

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/196445 ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-47800-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1000928.1-1
http://www.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/UnZip.html
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/196445 ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-47800-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1000928.1-1
http://www.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/UnZip.html

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2001-1268), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-29). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.