CWE-27: Path Traversal: 'dir/../../filename'

ID CWE-27
Abstraction Variant
Structure Simple
Status Draft
Number of CVEs 17
The product uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize multiple internal "../" sequences that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory.

This allows attackers to traverse the file system to access files or directories that are outside of the restricted directory.

The 'directory/../../filename' manipulation is useful for bypassing some path traversal protection schemes. Sometimes a program only removes one "../" sequence, so multiple "../" can bypass that check. Alternately, this manipulation could be used to bypass a check for "../" at the beginning of the pathname, moving up more than one directory level.

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# ID View Status # ID Name Abstraction Structure Status
CWE-1000 Research Concepts Draft CWE-23 Relative Path Traversal Base Simple Draft

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