Path Traversal in Google Chrome

CVE-2013-2900

The FilePath::ReferencesParent function in files/file_path.cc in Google Chrome before 29.0.1547.57 on Windows does not properly handle pathname components composed entirely of . (dot) and whitespace characters, which allows remote attackers to conduct directory traversal attacks via a crafted directory name.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.015 (72.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Google Chrome — versions 29.0.1547.0, 29.0.1547.1, 29.0.1547.2
Microsoft Windows
Debian Debian_linux — versions 7.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

chrome-cve-admin@google.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
chrome-cve-admin@google.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
chrome-cve-admin@google.com (signature, x_refsource_OVAL, vdb-entry)
chrome-cve-admin@google.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
chrome-cve-admin@google.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)