CVE-2009-0753
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 5.8%EU EUVD
Absolute path traversal vulnerability in MLDonkey 2.8.4 through 2.9.7 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a leading "//" (double slash) in the filename.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-22
- EPSS score
- 5.8% (93th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-0753)
- Published
- March 3, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-0753 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- mldonkey / mldonkey
- mldonkey / mldonkey
- mldonkey / mldonkey
- mldonkey / mldonkey
- mldonkey / mldonkey
References
- http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?25667
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34008(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34306
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34345
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34436
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1739
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200903-36.xml
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/23/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33865
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8097
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00542.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00617.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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