CVE-2009-0841
HIGH · CVSS 10.0EPSS 5.3%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 10.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-22
- EPSS score
- 5.3% (93th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-0838)
- Published
- March 31, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-0838 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- osgeo / mapserver
- osgeo / mapserver
- osgeo / mapserver
- osgeo / mapserver
- osgeo / mapserver
- osgeo / mapserver
- osgeo / mapserver
- osgeo / mapserver
- osgeo / mapserver
- osgeo / mapserver
- osgeo / mapserver
- osgeo / mapserver
- osgeo / mapserver
- osgeo / mapserver
- osgeo / mapserver
- osgeo / mapserver
- osgeo / mapserver
- osgeo / mapserver
- osgeo / mapserver
- osgeo / mapserver
- osgeo / mapserver
- osgeo / mapserver
- osgeo / mapserver
- osgeo / mapserver
- osgeo / mapserver
- osgeo / mapserver
- osgeo / mapserver
- osgeo / mapserver
- osgeo / mapserver
- osgeo / mapserver
- osgeo / mapserver
- osgeo / mapserver
- osgeo / mapserver
- osgeo / mapserver
- osgeo / mapserver
- osgeo / mapserver
- osgeo / mapserver
- osgeo / mapserver
- osgeo / mapserver
- umn / mapserver
- umn / mapserver
- umn / mapserver
References
- http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/mapserver-users/2009-March/060600.html(Patch)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34520
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34603
- http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/ticket/2942(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1914
- http://www.positronsecurity.com/advisories/2009-000.html(Exploit)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502271/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34306
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021952
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49548
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00147.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00170.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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