CVE-2010-0999 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in Free Download Manager (FDM) versions prior to 3.0.852. This flaw allows remote attackers to create arbitrary files on a user's system by embedding directory traversal sequences within the file name attribute of a malicious metalink file. With a CVSS score of 7.1, this vulnerability is considered high severity, requiring medium attack complexity but having a critical impact on integrity. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.0.851CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:freedownloadmanager:free_download_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:freedownloadmanager:free_download_manager:2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:freedownloadmanager:free_download_manager:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.5.700CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:freedownloadmanager:free_download_manager:2.5.700:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.5.704CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:freedownloadmanager:free_download_manager:2.5.704:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.