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CVE-2009-3902
Directory traversal vulnerability in Cherokee Web Server 0.5.4 and earlier for Windows allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via…
Medium5.0EPSS 3.5%
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- mitre
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.
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)
- 3.5% · top 11% 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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- affected n/a
References (7)
- 36874 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://freetexthost.com/ncyss3plli (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 59588 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 37183 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- cherokee-http-dir-traversal(54024) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- ADV-2009-3091 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://pocoftheday.blogspot.com/2009/10/cherokee-web-server-054-directory.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
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- 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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