CVE-2009-0880

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in the CIM server in IBM Director before 5.20.3 Service Update 2 on Windows allows remote attackers to load and execute arbitrary local DLL code via a .. (dot dot) in a /CIMListener/ URI in an M-POST request.

Published: 2009-03-12 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2009-0880 is rated High Exploit Risk (71.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 31.60%, 98th percentile). 4 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-2009-0880

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
23203 exploit_db edb 2012-12-07 Exploit-DB ↗
23074 exploit_db edb 2012-12-02 Exploit-DB ↗
32845 exploit_db edb 2009-03-10 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-0880

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 63.56% 31.60% -31.96%
2 2025-03-30 70.30% 63.56% -6.75%
3 2025-03-29 — 70.30% —

Full EPSS history (18 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-0880

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-2009-0880

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2009-0880

Solution: Per: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/501639/100/0/threaded "The vendor has adressed this vulnerability in service update 2 for IBM Director agent 5.20.3. Download link: https://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/iwm/web/reg/download.do?source=dmp &S_PKG=director_x_520&S_TACT=sms<=en_US&cp=UTF-8"

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-0880

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ibm director <= 5.20.3 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:director:*:service_update_1:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm director 3.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:director:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm director 4.10 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:director:4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm director 4.11 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:director:4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm director 4.12 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:director:4.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm director 4.20 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:director:4.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm director 4.21 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:director:4.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm director 4.22 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:director:4.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm director 5.10.0 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:director:5.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm director 5.10.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:director:5.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm director 5.10.2 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:director:5.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm director 5.10.3 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:director:5.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm director 5.20.0 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:director:5.20.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm director 5.20.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:director:5.20.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm director 5.20.2 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:director:5.20.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-0880

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