VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2013-2900
(dot) and whitespace characters, which allows remote attackers to conduct directory traversal attacks via a crafted directory name.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.55%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.55%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The FilePath::ReferencesParent function in files/file_path.cc in Google Chrome before 29.0.1547.57 on Windows does not properly handle pathname components composed entirely of . (dot) and whitespace characters, which allows remote attackers to conduct directory traversal attacks via a crafted directory name.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 1.55% probability · 74th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- debian/debian linux · google/chrome
- Source
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com
References
- http://crbug.com/181617
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2013/08/stable-channel-update.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2741
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18381
- https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome?revision=200603&view=revision
- http://crbug.com/181617
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2013/08/stable-channel-update.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2741
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18381
- https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome?revision=200603&view=revision
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.