CVE-2010-0012 — Directory traversal vulnerability in libtransmission/metainfo

Directory traversal vulnerability in libtransmission/metainfo.c in Transmission 1.22, 1.34, 1.75, and 1.76 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a pathname within a .torrent file.

01What is this vulnerability?

Directory traversal vulnerability in libtransmission/metainfo.c in Transmission 1.22, 1.34, 1.75, and 1.76 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a pathname within a .torrent file.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2010-01-08T17:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-07T00:37:52.483Z

09References

• trac.transmissionbt.com — http://trac.transmissionbt.com/wiki/Changes#version-1.77
• www.openwall.com — http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/06/4
• launchpad.net — https://launchpad.net/bugs/500625
• security.debian.org — http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/transmission/transmission_1.22-1+…
• trac.transmissionbt.com — http://trac.transmissionbt.com/changeset/9829/
• secunia.com — http://secunia.com/advisories/38005
• www.vupen.com — http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0071
• www.debian.org — http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1967
• exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com — https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55454
• www.openwall.com — http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/06/2
• secunia.com — http://secunia.com/advisories/37993
• lists.opensuse.org — http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00009.html
• www.mail-archive.com — http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-devel-changes%40lists.debian.org/msg264483.ht…