CVE-2010-0999

Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-05-17 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Free Download Manager (FDM) before 3.0.852 allows remote attackers to create arbitrary files via directory traversal sequences in the name attribute of a file element in a metalink file.

Affected products

Freedownloadmanager Free Download Manager: through 3.0.851; 2, 2.1, 2.5.700, 2.5.704, 2.5.724, 3.0.843 (+2)

References

http://osvdb.org/64670
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2010-67/
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511284/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40152
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/58627
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7284
http://osvdb.org/64670
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2010-67/
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511284/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40152
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/58627
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7284

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