Medium severity · published Jan 29, 2016
CVE-2016-0754
cURL before 7.47.0 on Windows allows attackers to write to arbitrary files in the current working directory on a different drive via a colon in a remote file name
5.3
CVSS
1.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
cURL before 7.47.0 on Windows allows attackers to write to arbitrary files in the current working directory on a different drive via a colon in a remote file name.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.2% · higher than 67% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CU
Curl · Haxx
through 7.46.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0754
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-0754
Vendor Advisory
http://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20160127B.html
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