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| Vulnerability_id | VCID-8q8b-ycpu-e3ea |
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| Summary | Directory traversal vulnerability in GNU patch versions which support Git-style patching before 2.7.3 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files with the permissions of the target user via a .. (dot dot) in a diff file name. |
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Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') |
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The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. |
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| Severity_range_score | null |
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| Exploitability | 0.5 |
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| Weighted_severity | 0.0 |
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| Risk_score | null |
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| Resource_url | http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/vulnerabilities/VCID-8q8b-ycpu-e3ea |
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