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CVE-2001-1271

Directory traversal vulnerability in rar 2.02 and earlier allows attackers to overwrite arbitrary...

2.1 Low

Directory traversal vulnerability in rar 2.02 and earlier allows attackers to overwrite arbitrary files during archive extraction via a .. (dot dot) attack on archived filenames.

Exploit likelihood

0.58%Down 0.3 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 2.1

Directory traversal vulnerability in rar 2.02 and earlier allows attackers to overwrite arbitrary files during archive extraction via a .. (dot dot) attack on archived filenames.

Record
CVE-2001-1271
CVSS 2.0
2.1 LowAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Directory traversal vulnerability in rar 2.02 and earlier allows attackers to overwrite arbitrary files during archive extraction via a .. (dot dot) attack on archived filenames.

Record
CVE-2001-1271
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2001-1252 No score

Directory traversal vulnerability in rar 2.02 and earlier allows attackers to overwrite arbitrary files during archive extraction via a .. (dot dot) attack on archived filenames.

Record
EUVD-2001-1252
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3grm-5x3c-hp2m No score

Directory traversal vulnerability in rar 2.02 and earlier allows attackers to overwrite arbitrary...

Directory traversal vulnerability in rar 2.02 and earlier allows attackers to overwrite arbitrary files during archive extraction via a .. (dot dot) attack on archived filenames.

Record
GHSA-3grm-5x3c-hp2m
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

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In short

CVE-2001-1271 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 2.1) in Rarsoft Rar, published July 12, 2001. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.58%, the 47th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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