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CVE-2010-2253

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-20 Input Validation
Publication date:
06/07/2010
Last modified:
11/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.80 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
6.80
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:gisle_aas:libwww-perl:0.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gisle_aas:libwww-perl:0.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gisle_aas:libwww-perl:0.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gisle_aas:libwww-perl:0.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gisle_aas:libwww-perl:5.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gisle_aas:libwww-perl:5.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gisle_aas:libwww-perl:5.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gisle_aas:libwww-perl:5.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gisle_aas:libwww-perl:5.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gisle_aas:libwww-perl:5.05:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gisle_aas:libwww-perl:5.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gisle_aas:libwww-perl:5.07:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gisle_aas:libwww-perl:5.08:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gisle_aas:libwww-perl:5.09:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gisle_aas:libwww-perl:5.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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