CVE-2013-0895 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2013-0895?

CVE-2013-0895 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 23 Feb 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Google Chrome before 25.0.1364.97 on Linux, and before 25.0.1364.99 on Mac OS X, does not properly handle pathnames during copy operations, which might make it easier for remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs via unspecified vectors.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-0895?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2013-0895?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2013-0895 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-0895 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-pj4q-8wxc-x28f.