CVE-2009-1161Directory traversal vulnerability in the TFTP service in Cisco CiscoWorks Common Services (CWCS) 3.0.x through 3.2.x on Windows, as used…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 16.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 2.9% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in the TFTP service in Cisco CiscoWorks Common Services (CWCS) 3.0.x through 3.2.x on Windows, as used in Cisco Unified Service Monitor, Security Manager, TelePresence Readiness Assessment Manager, Unified Operations Manager, Unified Provisioning Manager, and other products, allows remote attackers to access arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.
Timeline
ID reserved
By cisco
- 56 days later
· 56 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)
- 16.5% · top 2.9% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
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
References8
- JVNDB-2009-000032 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVNDBx_transferred
- 20090520 CiscoWorks TFTP Directory Traversal Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOx_transferred
- 35040 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- JVN#62527913 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVNx_transferred
- 54616 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 1022263 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- ADV-2009-1390 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 35179 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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-2009-1161 (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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