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CWE-27 Individual Dictionary Definition (Draft 9)

Path Traversal: 'dir/../../filename'
Weakness ID
Status: Draft

27 (Weakness Variant)

Description

Summary

A software system that accepts input in the form of a directory doubled dot dot slash ('directory/../../filename') without appropriate validation can allow an attacker to traverse the file system to access an arbitrary file.

Potential Mitigations

see the vulnerability category "Path Traversal"

Observed Examples
ReferenceDescription
CVE-2002-0298
Relationships
NatureTypeIDName
ChildOfWeakness BaseWeakness BaseWeakness Base23Relative Path Traversal
Source Taxonomies

PLOVER - 'directory/../../filename

Applicable Platforms

All

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