CVE-2010-3842
N/A
Published: October 27, 2010 at 10:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:23 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorCurl
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (7)
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20101013.htmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/39532Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/13/1Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/13/4Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/13/5Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-22
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