# CVE-2010-0746: Path traversal in n/a

> Local attackers can escalate privileges via directory traversal in DeviceKit-disks when handling malicious storage device labels.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.2 (`AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 13 Jan 2014
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-x3m2-j237-rq6j

## What is CVE-2010-0746?

CVE-2010-0746 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 13 Jan 2014. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Directory traversal vulnerability in DeviceKit-disks in DeviceKit, as used in Fedora 11 and 12 and possibly other operating systems, allows local users to gain privileges via .. (dot dot) sequences in the label for a pluggable storage device.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-0746?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Fedoraproject Fedora.

## How do I fix CVE-2010-0746?

No fix has been published for CVE-2010-0746 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2010-0746 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-0746 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2010-0746 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2010-0746 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 13 Jan 2014. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-0746 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Fedoraproject Fedora. 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-2010-0746/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-0746/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-0746
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0746
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2010-0746

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-0746/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.