CVE-2010-2253
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.
- EPSS
- 3.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 88% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-20
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- gisle_aas:libwww-perl
- search.cpan:libwww-perl
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