High severity · published Jan 8, 2010
CVE-2010-0012
Directory traversal vulnerability in libtransmission/metainfo.c in Transmission 1.22, 1.34, 1.75, and 1.76 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a
8.8
CVSS
4.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in libtransmission/metainfo.c in Transmission 1.22, 1.34, 1.75, and 1.76 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a pathname within a .torrent file.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)4.2% · higher than 91% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
5.0 · source: NVD
OP
Opensuse · Opensuse
11.0; 11.1; 11.2 · source: NVD
TR
Transmission · Transmissionbt
1.22; 1.34; 1.75; 1.76 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0012
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-0012
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00009.html
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/37993
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/38005
Broken Link
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/transmission/transmission_1.22-1+lenny2.diff.gz
Patch
http://trac.transmissionbt.com/changeset/9829/
Broken Link
http://trac.transmissionbt.com/wiki/Changes#version-1.77
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