CVE-2002-0399

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 3.59%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2002-10-10 · Last synced 2026-08-04

Field Assessment

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CVE

CVE-2002-0399

Severity

MEDIUM

CVSS

EPSS

3.59%

Original Filing — NVD Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in GNU tar 1.13.19 through 1.13.25, and possibly later versions, allows attackers to overwrite arbitrary files during archive extraction via a (1) "/.." or (2) "./.." string, which removes the leading slash but leaves the "..", a variant of CVE-2001-1267.