CVE-2009-1903
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 3.0%EU EUVD
The PDF XSS protection feature in ModSecurity before 2.5.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Apache httpd crash) via a request for a PDF file that does not use the GET method.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- EPSS score
- 3.0% (88th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-1898)
- Published
- June 3, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-1898 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- fedoraproject / fedora
- fedoraproject / fedora
- trustwave / modsecurity
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34256(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34311(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35687(Third Party Advisory)
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200907-02.xml(Third Party Advisory)
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=667538(Broken Link)
- http://www.osvdb.org/52552(Broken Link)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34096(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0703(Third Party Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49211(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00487.html(Third Party Advisory)
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00529.html(Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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