CVE-2009-1526 — JBMC Software DirectAdmin before 1.334 allows local users to create or overwrite any file via a symlink attack on an arbitrary file in a certain temporary directory, related to a request for this temporary file in the PATH_INFO to the CMD_DB script during a backup action

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JBMC Software DirectAdmin before 1.334 allows local users to create or overwrite any file via a symlink attack on an arbitrary file in a certain temporary directory, related to a request for this temporary file in the PATH_INFO to the CMD_DB script during a backup action

Published May 5, 2009

6.9

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.55%

Description

JBMC Software DirectAdmin before 1.334 allows local users to create or overwrite any file via a symlink attack on an arbitrary file in a certain temporary directory, related to a request for this temporary file in the PATH_INFO to the CMD_DB script during a backup action.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.55% 0.00552

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00552

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 (11 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 3, 2026	0.55% (0.00552)	44.19th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.55% (0.00552)	41.57th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.11% (0.00109)	26.73th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	0.34th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Apr 17, 2024	0.04% (0.00045)	14.44th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.04% (0.00045)	12.42th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	0.50th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.76% (0.01761)	76.53th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 23, 2023	1.76% (0.01761)	76.48th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.76% (0.01761)	74.44th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.76% (0.01761)	53.69th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-59

References (4)

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-04/0228.html
mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCBroken Link
http://osvdb.org/54014
vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBBroken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/34861
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://www.directadmin.com/features.php?id=968
x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease NotesVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-04/0228.html		mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCBroken Link
http://osvdb.org/54014		vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBBroken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/34861		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://www.directadmin.com/features.php?id=968		x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease NotesVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published May 5, 2009

Updated Sep 16, 2024

Reserved May 5, 2009

Link CVE-2009-1526

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Analyzed

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2009-1526

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2009-1526