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CVE-2008-2942

 

Severity Score

7.5
*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

1
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*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
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
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
  • 2024-08-07 CVE Updated
  • 2024-08-07 First Exploit
  • 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- 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