MEDIUM
Directory traversal vulnerability in Cherokee Web Server 0.5.4 and earlier for Windows allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a /\.
Published Nov 6, 2009
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.54%
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in Cherokee Web Server 0.5.4 and earlier for Windows allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a /\.. (slash backslash dot dot) in the URL.
Affected products
No data.
AND
- 0.5.4
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.
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.
3.54% 0.03535
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.03535
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 (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.54% (0.03535) | 88.88th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.54% (0.03535) | 87.72th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 7.27% (0.07272) | 90.99th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 5.68% (0.05677) | 93.22th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 15, 2024 | 2.10% (0.02100) | 88.78th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.49% (0.01491) | 84.78th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 6.79% (0.06790) | 92.15th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 6.79% (0.06790) | 91.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 6.79% (0.06790) | 79.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (7)
- http://freetexthost.com/ncyss3plli x_refsource_MISCExploitURL Repurposed
- http://osvdb.org/59588 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBExploit
- http://pocoftheday.blogspot.com/2009/10/cherokee-web-server-054-directory.html x_refsource_MISCExploit
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37183 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36874 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3091 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54024 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://freetexthost.com/ncyss3plli | x_refsource_MISCExploitURL Repurposed | |
| http://osvdb.org/59588 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBExploit | |
| http://pocoftheday.blogspot.com/2009/10/cherokee-web-server-054-directory.html | x_refsource_MISCExploit | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/37183 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36874 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3091 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54024 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Nov 6, 2009
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Nov 6, 2009
Link CVE-2009-3902
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a