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CVE-2008-2942

 

Severity Score

6.8
*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

1
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

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*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

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.

Vulnerabilidad de salto de directorio en patch.py de Mercurial 1.0.1 permite a atacantes ayudados por el usuario a modificar archivos de su elección mediante secuencias ".." (punto punto) en un archivo patch.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2008-06-30 CVE Reserved
  • 2008-06-30 CVE Published
  • 2024-07-06 EPSS Updated
  • 2024-08-07 CVE Updated
  • 2024-08-07 First Exploit
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
  • CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Mercurial
Search vendor "Mercurial"
 Mercurial
Search vendor "Mercurial" for product "Mercurial"
 1.0.1
Search vendor "Mercurial" for product "Mercurial" and version "1.0.1"
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Affected