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CVE-2009-0244 Detail

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the OBEX FTP Service in the Microsoft Bluetooth stack in Windows Mobile 6 Professional, and probably Windows Mobile 5.0 for Pocket PC and 5.0 for Pocket PC Phone Edition, allows remote authenticated users to list arbitrary directories, and create or read arbitrary files, via a .. (dot dot) in a pathname. NOTE: this can be leveraged for code execution by writing to a Startup folder.


Metrics

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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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Evaluator Impact

per: http://www.seguridadmobile.com/windows-mobile/windows-mobile-security/Microsoft-Bluetooth-Stack-Directory-Traversal.html "Non vulnerable products: Windows Mobile devices 5.0 and 6 not using Microsoft Bluetooth Stack (for example: ASUS P525, ASUS P535, ... using Widcomm/Broadcom Bluetooth Stack)"

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Hyperlink Resource
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4938 Exploit 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500199/100/0/threaded Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33359 Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.seguridadmobile.com/windows-mobile/windows-mobile-security/Microsoft-Bluetooth-Stack-Directory-Traversal.html Broken Link  Exploit 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48124 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-0244
NVD Published Date:
01/21/2009
NVD Last Modified:
01/26/2024
Source:
MITRE