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medium 5.0

CVE-2009-3902 json

Directory traversal vulnerability in Cherokee Web Server 0.5.4 and earlier for Windows allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via…

published 2009-11-06 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-3873

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.5%
EPSS 3.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 89%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in Cherokee Web Server 0.5.4 and earlier for Windows allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a /\.. (slash backslash dot dot) in the URL.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-9873)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

3.54% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-9873 Cherokee 0.5.4 - Directory Traversal webapps, 2009-10-28
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36874 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • freetexthost.com http://freetexthost.com/ncyss3plli referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • osvdb.org http://osvdb.org/59588 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • pocoftheday.blogspot.com http://pocoftheday.blogspot.com/2009/10/cherokee-web-server-054-directory.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

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

References

Sources

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