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CVSS v3.1
N/A
EPSS
4.83%
Published
Mar 11, 2011
Modified
Apr 28, 2026
Public PoC / Exploit (1)
All weaponized →Links to public security research (Exploit-DB, Nuclei, Trickest, GitHub) for defensive use only.
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in util.c in GNU patch 2.6.1 and earlier allows user-assisted remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a filename that is specified with a .. (dot dot) or full pathname, a related issue to CVE-2010-1679.
Weaknesses (CWE)
Affected Products (5)
References (20)