CVE-2009-0753

Exp

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.

Published: 2009-03-03 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2009-0753 is rated High Exploit Risk (68.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 10.88%, 93th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2009-0753

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
8097 exploit_db edb 2009-02-23 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-0753

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 2026-04-23 10.20% 10.88% +0.67%
2 2026-01-02 7.43% 10.20% +2.77%
3 2025-03-30 — 7.43% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-0753

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-0753

OS Trackers for CVE-2009-0753

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2009-0753: 1 GLSA(s) (200903-36), 1 atom(s) (net-p2p/mldonkey); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2009-0753
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-0753
ubuntu medium CVE-2009-0753 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (mldonkey), 5 status rows across 5 suites (dapper, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, upstream): released 2, ignored 1, needs-triage 1, not-affected 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-0753

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-0753

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mldonkey mldonkey 2.8.4 cpe:2.3:a:mldonkey:mldonkey:2.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mldonkey mldonkey 2.8.7 cpe:2.3:a:mldonkey:mldonkey:2.8.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mldonkey mldonkey 2.9 cpe:2.3:a:mldonkey:mldonkey:2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mldonkey mldonkey 2.9.0-r3 cpe:2.3:a:mldonkey:mldonkey:2.9.0-r3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mldonkey mldonkey 2.9.7 cpe:2.3:a:mldonkey:mldonkey:2.9.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-0753

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