CVE-2008-2942 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in Mercurial 1.0.1, specifically within the patch.py script. This flaw allows user-assisted attackers to modify arbitrary files on a system by embedding ".." sequences in a malicious patch file. With a CVSS score of 6.8, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring user interaction (AC:M) but potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts (C:P/I:P/A:P) if exploited over a network (AV:N). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mercurial:mercurial:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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