Path traversal in UnZip - CVE-2001-1268
Published: August 5, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU95338
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2001-1268
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Info-ZIP
Affected software:
UnZip
UnZip
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform directory traversal attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences. A local user can send a specially crafted HTTP request and to overwrite arbitrary files during archive extraction via a . (dot dot) in an extracted filename.
How to mitigate CVE-2001-1268
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability..