CVE-2009-2445

Exp

Oracle iPlanet Web Server (formerly Sun Java System Web Server or Sun ONE Web Server) 6.1 before SP12, and 7.0 through Update 6, when running on Windows, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary JSP files via an alternate data stream syntax, as demonstrated by a .jsp::$DATA URI.

Published: 2009-07-13 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-2445 is rated High Exploit Risk (65.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.52%). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.70% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: 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-2009-2445

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-2445

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 0.82% 2.52% +1.70%
2 2025-07-21 1.46% 0.82% -0.64%
3 2025-03-31 1.46%

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-2445

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-2009-2445

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-2445

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sun java_system_web_server 6.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:java_system_web_server:6.1:*:windows:*:*:*:*:*
sun java_system_web_server 6.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:java_system_web_server:6.1:sp10:windows:*:*:*:*:*
sun java_system_web_server 6.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:java_system_web_server:6.1:sp11:windows:*:*:*:*:*
sun java_system_web_server 6.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:java_system_web_server:6.1:sp4:windows:*:*:*:*:*
sun java_system_web_server 6.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:java_system_web_server:6.1:sp5:windows:*:*:*:*:*
sun java_system_web_server 6.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:java_system_web_server:6.1:sp6:windows:*:*:*:*:*
sun java_system_web_server 6.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:java_system_web_server:6.1:sp7:windows:*:*:*:*:*
sun java_system_web_server 6.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:java_system_web_server:6.1:sp8:windows:*:*:*:*:*
sun java_system_web_server 6.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:java_system_web_server:6.1:sp9:windows:*:*:*:*:*
sun java_system_web_server 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:java_system_web_server:7.0:update_5:windows:*:*:*:*:*
sun java_system_web_server 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:java_system_web_server:7.0:update_6:windows:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-2445

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