CVE-2009-0244
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 8.8 (v3.1)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-22
- EPSS score
- 30.3% (98th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-0252)
- Published
- January 21, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-0252 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / windows mobile
- microsoft / windows mobile
- microsoft / windows mobile
- microsoft / windows mobile
- microsoft / windows mobile
- microsoft / windows mobile
Certified products that may be affected
2 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- Windows Mobile 6 - Microsoft Corporation - Common Criteria Certificate Number: 2008/44 - archived
- Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 MSFP - Microsoft Corporation - Common Criteria Certificate Number: 2008/45 - archived
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33598(Broken Link)
- 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)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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