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CVE-2013-0248

The default configuration of javax.servlet.context.tempdir in Apache Commons FileUpload 1.0 through 1.2.2 uses the /tmp

The default configuration of javax.servlet.context.tempdir in Apache Commons FileUpload 1.0 through 1.2.2 uses the /tmp directory for uploaded files, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via an unspecified symlink attack.

LOW · CVSS 3.3 EPSS 0.00068
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Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
Maven commons-fileupload:commons-fileupload LOW fixed in 1.2.2

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3.3
LOW · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com
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AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Published to NVD15 Mar 2013 · 08:55 PM
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