CVE-2009-1730
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in NetMechanica NetDecision TFTP Server 4.2 allow remote attackers to read or modify…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 54.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.0% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in NetMechanica NetDecision TFTP Server 4.2 allow remote attackers to read or modify arbitrary files via directory traversal sequences in the (1) GET or (2) PUT command.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Metasploit modules and an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Show the exploits3
Metasploit modules2 modules
- NetDecision 4.2 TFTP Directory Traversal (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
auxiliary/scanner/tftp/netdecision_tftpRank normaldisclosed 16 May 2009
- NetDecision 4.2 TFTP Writable Directory Traversal Execution (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/tftp/netdecision_tftp_traversalRank excellentdisclosed 16 May 2009
Exploit-DB1 entry
- NetDecision 4.2 - TFTP Writable Directory Traversal Execution (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 20392remote, windowspublished 10 Aug 2012Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
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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)
- 54.5% · top 1.0% of all CVEs (11 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
References4
- http://www.princeofnigeria.org/blogs/index.php/2009/05/17/netdecision-tftp-server-4-2-tftp-directo?blog=1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 35131 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- netdecision-tftp-dir-traversal(50574) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 35002 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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-2009-1725 (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-2009-1730)Record last updated .