The CVS 1.10.8 client trusts pathnames that are provided by the CVS server, which allows the server to force the client to create arbitrary files.
CVSS Score
2.1
EPSS Score
0.004
Published
2000-10-20
The CVS 1.10.8 server does not properly restrict users from creating arbitrary Checkin.prog or Update.prog programs, which allows remote CVS committers to modify or create Trojan horse programs with the Checkin.prog or Update.prog names, then performing a CVS commit action.
CVSS Score
7.2
EPSS Score
0.004
Published
2000-10-20
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