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CVE-2010-2253
lwp-download in libwww-perl before 5.835 does not reject downloads to filenames that begin with a . (dot) character, which allows remote…
Medium6.8EPSS 3.3%
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- mitre
Description
lwp-download in libwww-perl before 5.835 does not reject downloads to filenames that begin with a . (dot) character, which allows remote servers to create or overwrite files via (1) a 3xx redirect to a URL with a crafted filename or (2) a Content-Disposition header that suggests a crafted filename, and possibly execute arbitrary code as a consequence of writing to a dotfile in a home directory.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.3% · top 11% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (10)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=602800 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100517 [oCERT-2010-001] multiple http client unexpected download filename vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/GAAS/libwww-perl-5.836/Changes (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100609 Re: [oCERT-2010-001] multiple http client unexpected download filename vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- FEDORA-2010-15532 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2010-001.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- FEDORA-2010-15405 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=591580 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-981-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- ADV-2010-2872 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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