Path Traversal in Osgeo Mapserver
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 via a .. (dot dot) in the id parameter.
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.053 (92.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 92nd percentile — 92.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.053 · newest: 0.053 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Osgeo Mapserver — versions 4.2.0, 4.4.0, 4.6.0
- Umn Mapserver — versions 4.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.positronsecurity.com/advisories/2009-000.html (Exploit)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502271/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- secunia.com/advisories/34603 (third-party-advisory)
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00170.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/34306 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/34520 (third-party-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1914 (vendor-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49548 (vdb-entry)
- trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/ticket/2942 (Vendor Advisory)