CVE-2009-0841

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    CVE-2009-0841

    Published: 31 Mar 2009Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Directory traversal vulnerability in mapserv.c in mapserv in MapServer 4.x before 4.10.4 and 5.x before 5.2.2, when running on Windows with Cygwin, allows remote attackers to create arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the id parameter.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/34520, http://secunia.com/advisories/34603, http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/ticket/2942, http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1914, http://www.positronsecurity.com/advisories/2009-000.html, http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/mapserver-users/2009-March/060600.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502271/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34306, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021952, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49548, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00147.html, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00170.html

    Affected packages

    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
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