# CVE-2010-0746: Directory traversal vulnerability in DeviceKit-disks in DeviceKit, as used in Fedora 11 and 12 and possibly other operating systems, allows

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2014-01-13 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

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## References

- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23235
- http://stealth.openwall.net/xSports/devshit.pl
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2010/q2/5
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=523178
- http://xorl.wordpress.com/2010/04/06/cve-2010-0746-devicekit-local-privilege-escalation/

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