# CVE-2007-3846: Path traversal in n/a

> Remote authenticated users can overwrite or create arbitrary files on Windows systems via directory traversal in Subversion repositories.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.0 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 28 Aug 2007
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-q2fr-786f-crqr

## What is CVE-2007-3846?

CVE-2007-3846 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 28 Aug 2007. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Subversion before 1.4.5, as used by TortoiseSVN before 1.4.5 and possibly other products, when run on Windows-based systems, allows remote authenticated users to overwrite and create arbitrary files via a ..\ (dot dot backslash) sequence in the filename, as stored in the file repository.

Weakness: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-3846?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Subversion Subversion, Tortoisesvn Tortoisesvn.

## How do I fix CVE-2007-3846?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-3846 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2007-3846 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-3846 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2009-2411](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-2411/): Integer overflow in n/a (high 8.5)
- [CVE-2004-0397](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-0397/): Memory corruption in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2007-2448](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-2448/): Information disclosure in n/a (low 2.1)
- [CVE-2004-1438](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-1438/): Missing authorization in n/a (low 2.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2007-3846 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2007-3846 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 28 Aug 2007. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-3846 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-3846/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-3846/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-3846
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-3846
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2007-3846

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-3846/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.