CVE-2002-1425 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in munpack in mpack 1.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to create new files in the parent directory via a ../ (dot-dot) sequence in the filename to be extracted.

Published: 2004-09-01

Score: 6.4 Medium

EPSS: 1.9% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:john_g._myers:mpack:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2002-1408	Directory traversal vulnerability in munpack in mpack 1.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to create new files in the parent directory via a ../ (dot-dot) sequence in the filename to be extracted.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01881.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-141
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9748.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5386

History

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Subscriptions

John G. Myers Mpack

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2004-09-01T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T03:26:28.210Z

Reserved: 2003-02-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-1425

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2003-04-11T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-06-16T21:59:18.320

Link: CVE-2002-1425

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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