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National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2009-0841 Detail

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 via a .. (dot dot) in the id parameter.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/mapserver-users/2009-March/060600.html CVE, MITRE Patch 
http://secunia.com/advisories/34520 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/34603 CVE, MITRE
http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/ticket/2942 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1914 CVE, MITRE
http://www.positronsecurity.com/advisories/2009-000.html CVE, MITRE Exploit 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502271/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34306 CVE, MITRE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021952 CVE, MITRE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49548 CVE, MITRE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00147.html CVE, MITRE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00170.html CVE, MITRE

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-2009-0841
NVD Published Date:
03/31/2009
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE