Vulnerability CVE-2010-3842
Published: 2010-10-27   Modified: 2012-02-13

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.

Type:

CWE-22

 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal'))

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5.8/10
4.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
Partial
Affected software
CURL -> CURL 

 References:
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/13/4
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/2010/10/13/1
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024583
http://secunia.com/advisories/39532
http://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20101013.html
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