MEDIUM
Directory traversal vulnerability in the CIM server in IBM Director before 5.20.3 Service Update 2 on Windows allows remote attackers to load and execute arbitrary local DLL code via a .
Published Mar 12, 2009
6.8
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 31.60%
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in the CIM server in IBM Director before 5.20.3 Service Update 2 on Windows allows remote attackers to load and execute arbitrary local DLL code via a .. (dot dot) in a /CIMListener/ URI in an M-POST request.
Affected products
No data.
AND
OR
- ≤ 5.20.3
- 3.1.1
- 4.10
- 4.11
- 4.12
- 4.20
- 4.21
- 4.22
- 5.10.0
- 5.10.1
- 5.10.2
- 5.10.3
- 5.20.0
- 5.20.1
- 5.20.2
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
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.
31.60% 0.31595
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.31595
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 (20 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 31.60% (0.31595) | 98.24th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 31.60% (0.31595) | 98.06th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 63.56% (0.63557) | 98.26th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 70.30% (0.70304) | 98.21th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 63.56% (0.63557) | 98.22th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 55.23% (0.55227) | 97.82th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Feb 10, 2025 | 65.64% (0.65642) | 98.11th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 66.92% (0.66925) | 98.10th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 2, 2024 | 48.23% (0.48228) | 97.60th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 20, 2024 | 40.48% (0.40483) | 97.32th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 1, 2024 | 33.05% (0.33045) | 97.00th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 17, 2024 | 31.75% (0.31749) | 96.85th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 1, 2023 | 33.45% (0.33455) | 96.61th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 21, 2023 | 27.70% (0.27701) | 96.26th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 10, 2023 | 19.91% (0.19908) | 95.70th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 30, 2023 | 20.29% (0.20288) | 95.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 15, 2023 | 20.08% (0.20084) | 95.62th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 16.85% (0.16849) | 95.15th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 54.16% (0.54158) | 98.79th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 54.16% (0.54158) | 98.44th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (8)
- http://osvdb.org/52616 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34212 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501639/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34065 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0656 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENPatchVendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49286 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://www.sec-consult.com/files/20090305-2_IBM_director_privilege_escalation.txt x_refsource_MISCExploit
- https://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/iwm/web/reg/download.do?source=dmp&S_PKG=director_x_520&S_TACT=sms&lang=en_US&cp=UTF-8 x_refsource_MISCPatchVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://osvdb.org/52616 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/34212 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501639/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34065 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0656 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENPatchVendor Advisory | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49286 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://www.sec-consult.com/files/20090305-2_IBM_director_privilege_escalation.txt | x_refsource_MISCExploit | |
| https://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/iwm/web/reg/download.do?source=dmp&S_PKG=director_x_520&S_TACT=sms&lang=en_US&cp=UTF-8 | x_refsource_MISCPatchVendor Advisory |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Mar 12, 2009
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Mar 12, 2009
Link CVE-2009-0880
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a