CWE-36
Overview
- CWE ID
- 36
- CWE Name
- Absolute Path Traversal
- CWE Abstraction
- Base
- CWE structure
- Simple
- CWE Status
- Draft
Description
The software uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize absolute path sequences such as "/abs/path" that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory.
Extended Description
This allows attackers to traverse the file system to access files or directories that are outside of the restricted directory.