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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…
High8.8EPSS 4.2%
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- Updated
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- redhat
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.2% · top 9.0% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (13)
- http://trac.transmissionbt.com/wiki/Changes#version-1.77 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100106 Re: CVE Request: Transmission (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/500625 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/transmission/transmission_1.22-1+lenny2.diff.gz (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://trac.transmissionbt.com/changeset/9829/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 38005 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2010-0071 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- DSA-1967 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- transmission-name-directory-traversal(55454) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100106 CVE Request: Transmission (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 37993 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2010:008 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- [debian-devel-changes] 20100105 Accepted transmission 1.77-1 (source all amd64) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
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