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Vulnerability record · CVE-2012-2968 · published 12 August 2012

CVE-2012-2968: Caucho resin path traversal vulnerability

Caucho · Resin

Directory traversal vulnerability in Caucho Quercus, as distributed in Resin before 4.0.29, allows remote attackers to create files in arbitrary directories via a .. (dot dot) in a pathname within an HTTP request.

5.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 3.5% · top 11.3% CWE-22 · Path traversal
5.0CVSS 2.0 base score
3.5%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
8References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Caucho Quercus, as distributed in Resin before 4.0.29, allows remote attackers to create files in arbitrary directories via a .. (dot dot) in a pathname within an HTTP request.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://caucho.com/resin-4.0/changes/changes.xtp
http://en.securitylab.ru/lab/
http://en.securitylab.ru/lab/PT-2012-05
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/309979 US Government Resource
http://caucho.com/resin-4.0/changes/changes.xtp
http://en.securitylab.ru/lab/
http://en.securitylab.ru/lab/PT-2012-05
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/309979 US Government Resource

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2012-2968), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.