CVE-2006-2520

high

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in BitZipper 4.1.2 SR-1 and earlier allows remote attackers to create files in arbitrary directories via a .. (dot dot) in the filename of a file that is stored in a (1) RAR (.rar), (2) TAR (.tar), (3) ZIP (.zip), (4) GZ (.gz), or (5) JAR (.jar) archive.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26626

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1907

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18065

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434713/100/0/threaded

http://www.osvdb.org/25693

http://securitytracker.com/id?1016132

http://secunia.com/advisories/20207

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2006-05-22

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.01202