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medium 6.8

CVE-2009-0880 json

Directory traversal vulnerability in the CIM server in IBM Director before 5.20.3 Service Update 2 on Windows allows remote attackers to lo…

published 2009-03-12 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-0877

cvss
6.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
31.6%
EPSS 31.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
4
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in the CIM server in IBM Director before 5.20.3 Service Update 2 on Windows allows remote attackers to load and execute arbitrary local DLL code via a .. (dot dot) in a /CIMListener/ URI in an M-POST request.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/windows/misc/ibm_director_cim_dllinject)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

31.60% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit exploit/windows/misc/ibm_director_cim_dllinject IBM System Director Agent DLL Injection metasploit exploit, excellent rank, 2009-03-10
  • EDB-32845 IBM System Director Agent 5.20 - CIM Server Privilege Escalation local, 2009-03-10
  • EDB-23203 IBM System Director Agent - DLL Injection (Metasploit) remote, 2012-12-07
  • EDB-23074 IBM System Director Agent - Remote System Level remote, 2012-12-02
  • sec-consult.com https://www.sec-consult.com/files/20090305-2_IBM_director_privilege_escalation.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

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