Directory Traversal Affecting rdesktop package, versions <1.7.0-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.09% (62nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-RDESKTOP-21279956
  • published20 Oct 2026
  • disclosed24 May 2011

Introduced: 24 May 2011

CVE-2011-1595  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest rdesktop to version 1.7.0-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rdesktop package and not the rdesktop package as distributed by Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

Directory traversal vulnerability in the disk_create function in disk.c in rdesktop before 1.7.0, when disk redirection is enabled, allows remote RDP servers to read or overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a pathname.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1