Path Traversal in Mercurial
CVE-2008-2942
Directory traversal vulnerability in patch.py in Mercurial 1.0.1 allows user-assisted attackers to modify arbitrary files via ".." (dot dot) sequences in a patch file.
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.019 (78.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 79th percentile — 78.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.019 · newest: 0.019 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mercurial — versions 1.0.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.selenic.com/hg/rev/87c704ac92d4 (Exploit)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43551 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/30072 (vdb-entry)
- issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2633
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/30/1 (mailing-list)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00006.html (vendor-advisory)
- wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0211
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493881/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-09.xml (vendor-advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/01/1 (mailing-list)