CVE-2021-29488 (GCVE-0-2021-29488)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-05-07 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-03 22:11
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Creation of files outside the Download Folder through malicious PAR2 files
Summary
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Severity
4.3 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-23 - Relative Path Traversal
Assigner
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