Directory traversal vulnerability in extract_chmLib example program in CHM Lib...

5 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in extract_chmLib example program in CHM Lib (chmlib) before 0.38 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a CHM archive containing files with a .. (dot dot) in their filename.

Impact Analysis

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Remediation

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Credits & Attribution

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References

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Affected Vendor

jed wing

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Affected Software

chm lib

Vulnerable Versions:

Timeline

Official Publish: June 23rd, 2006

Last Modified: August 7th, 2024

Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.