Is CVE-2009-2832 being actively exploited?

CVE-2009-2832 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2009-2832?

CVE-2009-2832 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 5.1 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2009-2832

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.1EPSS 3.3%EU EUVD

Buffer overflow in FTP Server in Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a CWD command specifying a pathname in a deeply nested hierarchy of directories, related to a "CWD command line tool."

Key facts

CVSS score: 5.1 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-119
EPSS score: 3.3% (88th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2009-2822)
Published: November 10, 2009
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-2822 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

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Certified products that may be affected

1 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified product, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

Apple Mac OS X v10.3.6 and Apple Mac OS X Server V10.3.6 - Apple Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-0086-2005 - archived

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00000.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3937(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36956(Patch)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3184

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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