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CVE-2010-0999Directory traversal vulnerability in Free Download Manager (FDM) before 3.0.852 allows remote attackers to create arbitrary files via…
- 7.1HighCVSS base score
- 1.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 22% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By flexera
- 2 months later
· 2 months later
Published
- 14 years later
· 14 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.1 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.7% · top 22% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.1.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References6
- fdm-name-directory-traversal(58627) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2010-67/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7284 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 40152 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20100513 Secunia Research: Free Download Manager metalink "name" Directory Traversal (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 64670 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2010-1024 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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