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CVE-2009-0841
Directory traversal vulnerability in mapserv.c in mapserv in MapServer 4.x before 4.10.4 and 5.x before 5.2.2, when running on Windows…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 5.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 7.4% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in mapserv.c in mapserv in MapServer 4.x before 4.10.4 and 5.x before 5.2.2, when running on Windows with Cygwin, allows remote attackers to create arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the id parameter.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 25 days later
· 25 days later
Published
- 15 years later
· 15 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.3% · top 7.4% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
12
- http://www.positronsecurity.com/advisories/2009-000.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 1021952 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 20090330 Positron Security Advisory #2009-000: Multiple Vulnerabilities in MapServer v5.2.1 and v4.10.3 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 34603 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2009-3383 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 34306 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 34520 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-1914 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- mapserver-mapserv-dir-traversal(49548) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/ticket/2942 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2009-3357 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- [mapserver-users] 20090326 MapServer 5.2.2 and 4.10.4 released with security fixes (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2009-0838 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2009-0841)Record last updated .