VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2010-2253
CVSS score6.8 MEDIUM
EPSS probability3.29%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2010-07-06
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Description
lwp-download in libwww-perl before 5.835 does not reject downloads to filenames that begin with a . (dot) character, which allows remote servers to create or overwrite files via (1) a 3xx redirect to a URL with a crafted filename or (2) a Content-Disposition header that suggests a crafted filename, and possibly execute arbitrary code as a consequence of writing to a dotfile in a home directory.
Weakness classification
- CWE-20: Improper Input Validation