MEDIUM
curl: local file access via unsafe redirects
Published Mar 5, 2009
6.8
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 9.05%
Description
The redirect implementation in curl and libcurl 5.11 through 7.19.3, when CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION is enabled, accepts arbitrary Location values, which might allow remote HTTP servers to (1) trigger arbitrary requests to intranet servers, (2) read or overwrite arbitrary files via a redirect to a file: URL, or (3) execute arbitrary commands via a redirect to an scp: URL.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 5.11
- 6.0
- 6.1beta
- 6.2
- 6.3
- 6.3.1
- 6.4
- 6.5
- 6.5.1
- 6.5.2
- 7.1
- 7.1.1
- 7.2
- 7.2.1
- 7.3
- 7.4
- 7.4.1
- 7.4.2
- 7.5
- 7.5.1
- 7.5.2
- 7.6
- 7.6.1
- 7.7
- 7.7.1
- 7.7.2
- 7.7.3
- 7.8
- 7.8.1
- 7.8.2
- 7.9
- 7.9.1
- 7.9.2
- 7.9.3
- 7.9.4
- 7.9.5
- 7.9.6
- 7.9.7
- 7.9.8
- 7.10
- 7.10.1
- 7.10.2
- 7.10.3
- 7.10.4
- 7.10.5
- 7.10.6
- 7.10.7
- 7.10.8
- 7.11.1
- 7.12
- 7.12.1
- 7.12.2
- 7.13
- 7.13.2
- 7.14
- 7.14.1
- 7.15
- 7.15.1
- 7.15.3
- 7.16.3
- 7.16.4
- 7.17
- 7.18
- 7.19.3
- 5.11
- 7.12
- 7.12.1
- 7.12.2
- 7.12.3
- 7.13
- 7.13.1
- 7.13.2
- 7.14
- 7.14.1
- 7.15
- 7.15.1
- 7.15.2
- 7.15.3
- 7.16.3
- 7.19.3
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1
curl-0:7.8-3.rhel2
Fixed · RHSA-2009:0341
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
curl-0:7.10.6-9.rhel3
Fixed · RHSA-2009:0341
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
curl-0:7.12.1-11.1.el4_7.1
Fixed · RHSA-2009:0341
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
curl-0:7.15.5-2.1.el5_3.4
Fixed · RHSA-2009:0341
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 | curl-0:7.8-3.rhel2 | Fixed | RHSA-2009:0341 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | curl-0:7.10.6-9.rhel3 | Fixed | RHSA-2009:0341 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | curl-0:7.12.1-11.1.el4_7.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2009:0341 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | curl-0:7.15.5-2.1.el5_3.4 | Fixed | RHSA-2009:0341 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
6.8 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
9.05% 0.09050
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.09050
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (17 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 9.05% (0.09050) | 95.14th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 4, 2026 | 9.05% (0.09050) | 94.77th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 7.81% (0.07812) | 93.89th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jan 30, 2026 | 9.54% (0.09542) | 92.63th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 22, 2025 | 3.37% (0.03370) | 86.80th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.20% (0.01195) | 76.97th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 2.29% (0.02287) | 74.46th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.20% (0.01195) | 77.45th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.66% (0.00657) | 80.21th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 8, 2024 | 0.75% (0.00752) | 80.91th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 23, 2023 | 0.75% (0.00752) | 78.91th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00893) | 80.16th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 12.57% (0.12567) | 95.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 12.57% (0.12567) | 95.36th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 15.27% (0.15272) | 95.79th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 12.57% (0.12567) | 95.18th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 12.57% (0.12567) | 90.03th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (36)
- http://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20090303.html x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://curl.haxx.se/lxr/source/CHANGES x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00001.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000060.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34138 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34202 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34237 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34251 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34255 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34259 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34399 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35766 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-21.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.476602 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWARE
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0042 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1738 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0341.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501757/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504849/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33962 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatch
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021783 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-726-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0009.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0581 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1865 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.withdk.com/2009/03/03/curllibcurl-redirect-arbitrary-file-access/ x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.withdk.com/archives/Libcurl_arbitrary_file_access.pdf x_refsource_MISC
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-0037 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=485271 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49030 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0037
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11054 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6074 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0037
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Mar 5, 2009
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Dec 15, 2008
Link CVE-2009-0037
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a