CVE-2010-0012

moderate-risk
Published 2010-01-08

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.

Do I need to act?

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0.30% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
8
CVSS 8.8/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (8)

Affected Vendors

Debian Transmissionbt Opensuse

References (26)

Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00009.html
Broken Link http://secunia.com/advisories/37993
Broken Link http://secunia.com/advisories/38005
Broken Link http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/transmission/transmission_1.22-1+...
Patch http://trac.transmissionbt.com/changeset/9829/
Broken Link http://trac.transmissionbt.com/wiki/Changes#version-1.77
Third Party Advisory http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1967
Patch http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-devel-changes%40lists.debian.org/msg264483.ht...
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/06/2
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/06/4
Permissions Required http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0071
Third Party Advisory https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55454
Issue Tracking https://launchpad.net/bugs/500625
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00009.html
Broken Link http://secunia.com/advisories/37993
Broken Link http://secunia.com/advisories/38005
Broken Link http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/transmission/transmission_1.22-1+...
Patch http://trac.transmissionbt.com/changeset/9829/
Broken Link http://trac.transmissionbt.com/wiki/Changes#version-1.77
Third Party Advisory http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1967
and 6 more references
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 30/34 · Critical
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 14/34 · Moderate