VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2002-1216

CVSS score5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.57%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2002-10-28
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Description

GNU tar 1.13.19 and other versions before 1.13.25 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack, as the result of a modification that effectively disabled the security check.

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