Path Traversal in Winimage

CVE-2007-4962

Directory traversal vulnerability in WinImage 8.10 and earlier allows user-assisted remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a filename within a (1) .IMG or (2) .ISO file. NOTE: this can be leveraged for code execution by writing to a Startup folder.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.060 (92.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Winimage — versions 8.0, 8.10
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References