description: A flaw was found in Mercurial before 4.9. It was possible to use symlinks and subrepositories to defeat Mercurial's path-checking logic and write files outside a repository.
problem types: CWE-22
affected:
{
product: mercurial
vendor: The Mercurial Project
versions:
status: affected, version: before 4.9
}
metrics:
cvssV3_0: [
attackComplexity: HIGH
attackVector: LOCAL
availabilityImpact: NONE
baseScore: 5.1
baseSeverity: MEDIUM
confidentialityImpact: NONE
integrityImpact: HIGH
privilegesRequired: NONE
scope: UNCHANGED
userInteraction: NONE
vectorString: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
version: 3.0
]