CVE-2009-5067
Directory traversal vulnerability in html2ps before 1.0b6 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the "include file" SSI directive. NOTE: this issue only might be a vulnerability in limited scenarios, such as if html2ps is invoked by a web application, or if a user-assisted attacker provides filenames whose contents could cause a denial of service, such as certain devices.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-22
- EPSS score
- 7.6% (95th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-5022)
- Published
- October 10, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-5022 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- html2ps project / html2ps
- html2ps project / html2ps
- html2ps project / html2ps
- html2ps project / html2ps
- html2ps project / html2ps
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=548633
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/81614/html2ps-1.0-beta5-File-Disclosure.html(Exploit)
- http://user.it.uu.se/~jan/html2ps-1.0b7.tar.gz(Patch)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:161
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/05/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/05/5
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36524
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=526513
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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