Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 27, 2005· Updated Apr 16, 2026

CVE-2004-0916

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in cabextract before 1.1 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a cabinet file containing .. (dot dot) sequences in a filename.

Affected products

Cabextract Project/Cabextract3 versions
cpe:2.3:a:cabextract_project:cabextract:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:cabextract_project:cabextract:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:cabextract_project:cabextract:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:cabextract_project:cabextract:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

secunia.com/advisories/12882/nvdPatchVendor Advisory
www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-574nvdPatchVendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/11460nvdVendor Advisory
www.kyz.uklinux.net/cabextract.phpnvd
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17766nvd

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