CVE-2009-5067
Directory traversal vulnerability in html2ps before 1.0b6 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 7.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 5.4% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in html2ps before 1.0b6 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the "include file" SSI directive. NOTE: this issue only might be a vulnerability in limited scenarios, such as if html2ps is invoked by a web application, or if a user-assisted attacker provides filenames whose contents could cause a denial of service, such as certain devices.
Public exploit
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- html2ps - 'include file' Server-Side Include Directive Directory Traversal (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 10012webapps, multiplepublished 25 Sept 2009Verified
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Timeline
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By redhat
- 18 months later
· 18 months later
Published
- 12 years later
· 12 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 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 7.6% · top 5.4% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References8
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/81614/html2ps-1.0-beta5-File-Disclosure.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20121005 Re: CVE Request: html2ps (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=526513 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20121005 CVE Request: html2ps (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 36524 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- MDVSA-2012:161 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=548633 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://user.it.uu.se/~jan/html2ps-1.0b7.tar.gz (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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-2009-5022 (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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