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Medium 6.8Published Mar 15, 2013
CVE-2013-0248The default configuration of javax.servlet.context.tempdir in Apache Commons FileUpload 1.0 through 1.2.2 uses the /tmp directory for uploaded files, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary f…
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The default configuration of javax.servlet.context.tempdir in Apache Commons FileUpload 1.0 through 1.2.2 uses the /tmp directory for uploaded files, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via an unspecified symlink attack.
- CVSS
- 6.8 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264, CWE-59
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Not given
- NVD analysis
- Modified
- Record last updated
- Oct 7, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
apache commons_fileupload apache:commons_fileupload | 1.0; 1.1; 1.1.1; 1.2; 1.2.1; 1.2.2 | NVD |
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-03/0035.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144050155601375&w=2
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/90906
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58326
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-39
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