CVE-2002-1425

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2003-04-11 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

John G. Myers Mpack: through 1.5

References

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

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