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    CVE-2009-1903

    The PDF XSS protection feature in ModSecurity before 2.5.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Apache httpd crash) via a request for a PDF file that does not use the GET method.

    Published:Jun 3, 2009
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Jun 3, 2009
    EPSS Score:0.01916
    CVSS Score:4.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Fedoraproject
    Product
    Fedora
    Vendor
    Trustwave
    Product
    Modsecurity

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    http://secunia.com/advisories/34256
    http://secunia.com/advisories/34311
    http://secunia.com/advisories/35687
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200907-02.xml
    http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=667538
    http://www.osvdb.org/52552
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34096
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0703
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49211
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00487.html
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00529.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/34256
    http://secunia.com/advisories/34311
    http://secunia.com/advisories/35687
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200907-02.xml
    http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=667538
    http://www.osvdb.org/52552
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34096
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0703
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49211
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00487.html
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00529.html

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High