MEDIUM
mldonkey: arbitrary file read vulnerability
Published Mar 3, 2009
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 5.80%
Description
Absolute path traversal vulnerability in MLDonkey 2.8.4 through 2.9.7 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a leading "//" (double slash) in the filename.
Affected products
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.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
5.80% 0.05803
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.05803
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 (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 5.80% (0.05803) | 92.91th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 5.80% (0.05803) | 92.13th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jan 2, 2026 | 10.20% (0.10202) | 92.93th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 7.43% (0.07428) | 90.90th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 17.34% (0.17339) | 91.80th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 7.43% (0.07428) | 91.09th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 8.39% (0.08386) | 94.39th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 4.37% (0.04372) | 92.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 21, 2023 | 3.79% (0.03789) | 90.49th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 4.15% (0.04147) | 90.85th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 12.57% (0.12567) | 95.52th | 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 (16)
- http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?25667 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34008 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34306 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34345 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34436 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1739 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200903-36.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/23/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33865 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-0753 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=488304 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0753
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0753
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8097 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00542.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00617.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Mar 3, 2009
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Mar 3, 2009
Link CVE-2009-0753
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a