{"cve":"CVE-2010-2253","nvd":{"published":"2010-07-06T17:17:13.360","modified":"2026-06-16T23:20:23.790","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-20"],"references":["http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/GAAS/libwww-perl-5.836/Changes","http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050232.html","http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050245.html","http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127411372529485&w=2","http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127611288927500&w=2"],"products":["gisle_aas:libwww-perl","search.cpan:libwww-perl"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:56:26.512081652+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2010-2253","score":0.03287,"percentile":0.88476,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}