CVE-2009-3250
The saveForwardAttachments procedure in the Compose Mail functionality in vtiger CRM 5.0.4 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code by composing an e-mail message with an attachment filename ending in (1) .php in installations based on certain Apache HTTP Server configurations, (2) .php. on Windows, or (3) .php/ on Linux, and then making a direct request to a certain pathname under storage/.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 10.9% (96th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-3233)
- Published
- September 18, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-3233 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- vtiger / vtiger crm
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125060676515670&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36309(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9450
- http://www.osvdb.org/57237
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36062(Exploit)
- http://www.ush.it/2009/08/18/vtiger-crm-504-multiple-vulnerabilities/(Exploit)
- http://www.ush.it/team/ush/hack-vtigercrm_504/vtigercrm_504.txt(Exploit)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2319(Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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