CVE-2009-1526

Exp

JBMC Software DirectAdmin before 1.334 allows local users to create or overwrite any file via a symlink attack on an arbitrary file in a certain temporary directory, related to a request for this temporary file in the PATH_INFO to the CMD_DB script during a backup action.

Published: 2009-05-05 Last update: 2025-12-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2009-1526 is rated High Exploit Risk (65.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.47%). 1 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-2009-1526

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
32947 exploit_db edb 2009-04-22 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-1526

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 2026-05-15 0.41% 0.47% +0.07%
2 2026-05-05 0.34% 0.41% +0.07%
3 2026-01-26 — 0.34% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-1526

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.9 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 3.4 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-1526

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-1526

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
directadmin directadmin < 1.33.4 cpe:2.3:a:directadmin:directadmin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-1526

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