Directory traversal vulnerability in GNU tar 1.13.19 through 1.13.25, and possibly later versions, allows attackers to overwrite arbitrary files during archive extraction via a (1) "/.." or (2) "./.." string, which removes the leading slash but leaves the "..", a variant of CVE-2001-1267.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2002-0399 is rated Moderate Risk (46.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.20%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.
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EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025-03-30 | 1.71% | 1.20% | -0.51% |
| 2 | 2025-03-29 | 1.20% | 1.71% | +0.51% |
| 3 | 2025-03-17 | — | 1.20% | — |
Full EPSS history (10 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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10.0 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
redhat
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low | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2002-0399 |
suse
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medium | CVE-2002-0399 severity moderate: SUSE including 19 source package names (tar, tar-1.20-23.23.1, …), 70 product×package rows across 33 product lines (SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0, SUSE Enterprise Storage 6, … (33 product lines)): Known Not Affected 53, Fixed 17. | https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2002-0399/ |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2002-0399 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (tar), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2002-0399 |