CVE-2009-0841
Directory traversal vulnerability in mapserv.c in mapserv in MapServer 4.x before 4.10.4 and 5.x before 5.2.2, when running on Windows with Cygwin, allows remote attackers to create arbitrary files
02 Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in mapserv.c in mapserv in MapServer 4.x before 4.10.4 and 5.x before 5.2.2, when running on Windows with Cygwin, allows remote attackers to create arbitrary files
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 5.27% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 92.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2009-03-31 18:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 04:48Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2009-03-06
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- ed4220aa0af76e9d62cc77ccf56e5f3caff0f0abc72866d5f1f10536c823679c
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.positronsecurity.comhttp://www.positronsecurity.com/advisories/2009-000.html
- www.securitytracker.com1021952http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021952
- www.securityfocus.com20090330 Positron Security Advisory #2009-000: Multiple Vulnerabilities in MapServer v5.2.1 and v4.10.3http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502271/100/0/threaded
- secunia.com34603http://secunia.com/advisories/34603
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2009-3383https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00170.html
- www.securityfocus.com34306http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34306
- secunia.com34520http://secunia.com/advisories/34520
- www.debian.orgDSA-1914http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1914
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.commapserver-mapserv-dir-traversal(49548)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49548
- trac.osgeo.orghttp://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/ticket/2942
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2009-3357https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00147.html
- lists.osgeo.org[mapserver-users] 20090326 MapServer 5.2.2 and 4.10.4 released with security fixeshttp://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/mapserver-users/2009-March/060600.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- mapserver Fixed in 5.2.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- mapserver Fixed in 5.2.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- mapserver Fixed in 5.2.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.