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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2003-0282

Directory traversal vulnerability in UnZip 5.50 allows attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via invalid characters between two .

EXPLOIT ✓LOW 2.6EPSS 22.0%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 22.0%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

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.

CVSS 2.0
2.6 LOWAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
EPSS
21.96% probability · 98th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 10 May 2003
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
info-zip/unzip · sco/openlinux server · sco/openlinux workstation
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%13%25%26 October 2026: 21.96%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 22.0% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-22584source ↗Info-ZIP UnZip 5.50 - Encoded Character Hostile Destination Pathlinux · Jelmerremote10 May 2003yes

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.