CVE-2009-0037

Exp

The redirect implementation in curl and libcurl 5.11 through 7.19.3, when CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION is enabled, accepts arbitrary Location values, which might allow remote HTTP servers to (1) trigger arbitrary requests to intranet servers, (2) read or overwrite arbitrary files via a redirect to a file: URL, or (3) execute arbitrary commands via a redirect to an scp: URL.

Published: 2009-03-05 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2009-0037 is rated High Exploit Risk (73/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 7.81%, 94th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2009-0037

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
32834 exploit_db edb 2009-03-03 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-0037

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 9.92% 7.81% -2.11%
2 2026-05-03 10.04% 9.92% -0.12%
3 2026-04-25 — 10.04% —

Full EPSS history (16 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-0037

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-0037

OS Trackers for CVE-2009-0037

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2009-0037 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (curl), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-0037
gentoo normal CVE-2009-0037: 1 GLSA(s) (200903-21), 1 atom(s) (net-misc/curl); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2009-0037
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-0037
suse medium CVE-2009-0037 severity moderate: SUSE including 80 source package names (curl-7.19.0-11.21.1, curl-7.19.0-11.24.25, …), 113 product×package rows across 35 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1, … (35 product lines)): Fixed 113. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-0037/
ubuntu medium CVE-2009-0037 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (curl), 5 status rows across 5 suites (dapper, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, upstream): released 4, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-0037

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-0037

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
curl curl 5.11 cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:5.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
curl curl 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
curl curl 6.1beta cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:6.1beta:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
curl curl 6.2 cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
curl curl 6.3 cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
curl curl 6.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:6.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
curl curl 6.4 cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
curl curl 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
curl curl 6.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:6.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
curl curl 6.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:6.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
curl curl 7.1 cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
curl curl 7.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
curl curl 7.2 cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
curl curl 7.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
curl curl 7.3 cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
curl curl 7.4 cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
curl curl 7.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
curl curl 7.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
curl curl 7.5 cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
curl curl 7.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
curl curl 7.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
curl curl 7.6 cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
curl curl 7.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
curl curl 7.7 cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
curl curl 7.7.1 cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
curl curl 7.7.2 cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
curl curl 7.7.3 cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
curl curl 7.8 cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
curl curl 7.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
curl curl 7.8.2 cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
curl curl 7.9 cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
curl curl 7.9.1 cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
curl curl 7.9.2 cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
curl curl 7.9.3 cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
curl curl 7.9.4 cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
curl curl 7.9.5 cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
curl curl 7.9.6 cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
curl curl 7.9.7 cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.9.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
curl curl 7.9.8 cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.9.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
curl curl 7.10 cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
curl curl 7.10.1 cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
curl curl 7.10.2 cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
curl curl 7.10.3 cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
curl curl 7.10.4 cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
curl curl 7.10.5 cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
curl curl 7.10.6 cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.10.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
curl curl 7.10.7 cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.10.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
curl curl 7.10.8 cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.10.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
curl curl 7.11.1 cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
curl curl 7.12 cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
curl curl 7.12.1 cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
curl curl 7.12.2 cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
curl curl 7.13 cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
curl curl 7.13.2 cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
curl curl 7.14 cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
curl curl 7.14.1 cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.14.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
curl curl 7.15 cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
curl curl 7.15.1 cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
curl curl 7.15.3 cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.15.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
curl curl 7.16.3 cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.16.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
curl curl 7.16.4 cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.16.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
curl curl 7.17 cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
curl curl 7.18 cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
curl curl 7.19.3 cpe:2.3:a:curl:curl:7.19.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
curl libcurl 5.11 cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:5.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
curl libcurl 7.12 cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
curl libcurl 7.12.1 cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
curl libcurl 7.12.2 cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
curl libcurl 7.12.3 cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
curl libcurl 7.13 cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
curl libcurl 7.13.1 cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
curl libcurl 7.13.2 cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
curl libcurl 7.14 cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
curl libcurl 7.14.1 cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.14.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
curl libcurl 7.15 cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
curl libcurl 7.15.1 cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
curl libcurl 7.15.2 cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.15.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
curl libcurl 7.15.3 cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.15.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
curl libcurl 7.16.3 cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.16.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
curl libcurl 7.19.3 cpe:2.3:a:curl:libcurl:7.19.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-0037

URL Tags
http://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20090303.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://curl.haxx.se/lxr/source/CHANGES Patch Vendor Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00001.html
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000060.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/34138 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34202
http://secunia.com/advisories/34237
http://secunia.com/advisories/34251
http://secunia.com/advisories/34255
http://secunia.com/advisories/34259
http://secunia.com/advisories/34399
http://secunia.com/advisories/35766
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-21.xml
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.476602
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0042
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1738
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0341.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501757/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504849/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33962 Exploit Patch
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021783
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-726-1
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0009.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0581 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1865
http://www.withdk.com/2009/03/03/curllibcurl-redirect-arbitrary-file-access/
http://www.withdk.com/archives/Libcurl_arbitrary_file_access.pdf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49030
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11054
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6074
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