CVE-2001-1270 json
Directory traversal vulnerability in the console version of PKZip (pkzipc) 4.00 and earlier allows attackers to overwrite arbitrary files d…
published 2001-07-12 25 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2001-1251
- cvss
- 2.1
- version 2.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.6%
- EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 47%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
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.
Patch / fix
Exploit prediction
0.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 47% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Exploits and checks
- online.securityfocus.com http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/196445 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
- security.nnov.ru http://www.security.nnov.ru/advisories/archdt.asp referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
References
-
online.securityfocus.com
/archive/1/196445
mailing-list, exploit, patch, vendor-advisory
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security.nnov.ru
/advisories/archdt.asp
exploit, vendor-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2001-1270
- NVD CVE-2001-1270
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