CVE-2006-0950
unalz 0.53 allows user-assisted attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via an ALZ archive with ".." (dot dot) sequences in a filename.
02 Description
unalz 0.53 allows user-assisted attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via an ALZ archive with ".." (dot dot) sequences in a filename.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.70% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 76.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2006-03-13 19:00Z20 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 16:56Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2006-03-01
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 87fab527c4308f9200f6be68d45a5f368ca8bfeaa4bff758ee821168a40bc7e4
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.vupen.comADV-2006-0938http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0938
- marc.info20060313 Secunia Research: unalz Filename Handlinghttp://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=114226632422033&w=2
- www.securityfocus.com17105http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17105
- www.osvdb.org23835http://www.osvdb.org/23835
- secunia.com19063http://secunia.com/advisories/19063
- securityreason.com575http://securityreason.com/securityalert/575
- securitytracker.com1015780http://securitytracker.com/id?1015780
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comunalz-archive-directory-traversal(25171)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25171
- secunia.comhttp://secunia.com/secunia_research/2006-16/
- www.securityfocus.com20060313 Secunia Research: unalz Filename Handling Directory TraversalVulnerabilityhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427475/100/0/threaded
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- unalz Fixed in 0.55-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- unalz Fixed in 0.55-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- unalz Fixed in 0.55-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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