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CVE-2009-0753
Absolute path traversal vulnerability in MLDonkey 2.8.4 through 2.9.7 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a leading "//"…
Medium5.0EPSS 5.8%
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Description
Absolute path traversal vulnerability in MLDonkey 2.8.4 through 2.9.7 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a leading "//" (double slash) in the filename.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.8% · top 6.8% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (12)
- 8097 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- FEDORA-2009-2703 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 34008 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2009-2758 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 34436 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20090223 CVE request: mldonkey arbitrary file download vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?25667 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-200903-36 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 33865 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 34345 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-1739 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 34306 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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