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 .. (dot dot) in a pathname within
02 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
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
- 4.19% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 90.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- 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
- 2010-01-08 17:00Z16 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 00:37Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2009-12-14
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- 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
- f2e656cebcedb9c7d4848a8b8fec5c14555606199eec91fea4979ec956e7e5d0
05 Affected products
06 References
- trac.transmissionbt.comhttp://trac.transmissionbt.com/wiki/Changes#version-1.77
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20100106 Re: CVE Request: Transmissionhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/06/4
- launchpad.nethttps://launchpad.net/bugs/500625
- security.debian.orghttp://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/transmission/transmission_1.22-1+lenny2.diff.gz
- trac.transmissionbt.comhttp://trac.transmissionbt.com/changeset/9829/
- secunia.com38005http://secunia.com/advisories/38005
- www.vupen.comADV-2010-0071http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0071
- www.debian.orgDSA-1967http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1967
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comtransmission-name-directory-traversal(55454)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55454
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20100106 CVE Request: Transmissionhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/06/2
- secunia.com37993http://secunia.com/advisories/37993
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SA:2010:008http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00009.html
- www.mail-archive.com[debian-devel-changes] 20100105 Accepted transmission 1.77-1 (source all amd64)http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-devel-changes%40lists.debian.org/msg264483.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- transmission Fixed in 1.77-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- transmission Fixed in 1.77-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- transmission Fixed in 1.77-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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