CVE-2010-3842

high

Description

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in curl 7.20.0 through 7.21.1, when the --remote-header-name or -J option is used, allows remote servers to create or overwrite arbitrary files by using \ (backslash) as a separator of path components within the Content-disposition HTTP header.

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642642

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/13/5

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/13/4

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/13/1

http://securitytracker.com/id?1024583

http://secunia.com/advisories/39532

http://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20101013.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2010-10-28

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00898