Directory Traversal Vulnerability in Google Chrome on Windows

CVE-2013-2900 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

The FilePath::ReferencesParent function in files/file_path.cc in Google Chrome before 29.0.1547.57 on Windows does not properly handle pathname components composed entirely of . (dot) and whitespace characters, which allows remote attackers to conduct directory traversal attacks via a crafted directory name.

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