Directory traversal vulnerability in UnZip 5.50 allows attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via invalid characters between two . (dot) characters, which are filtered and result in a ".." sequence.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2003-0282 is rated High Exploit Risk (63.8/100): CVSS Low severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 21.13%, 95th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +10.40% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22584 | exploit_db | edb | 2003-05-10 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 2025-12-31 | 10.73% | 21.13% | +10.40% |
| 2 | 2025-09-28 | 12.23% | 10.73% | -1.50% |
| 3 | 2025-08-25 | — | 12.23% | — |
Full EPSS history (15 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.6 | 2.0 | LOW |
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4.9 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
|
not yet assigned | CVE-2003-0282 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (unzip), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2003-0282 |
redhat
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medium | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2003-0282 |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2003-0282 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (unzip), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2003-0282 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| info-zip | unzip | 5.50 | cpe:2.3:a:info-zip:unzip:5.50:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| sco | openlinux_server | 3.1.1 | cpe:2.3:o:sco:openlinux_server:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| sco | openlinux_workstation | 3.1.1 | cpe:2.3:o:sco:openlinux_workstation:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |