CVE-2009-3538

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in thumb.php in Clear Content 1.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the url parameter. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

Published: 2009-10-02 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2009-3538 is rated High Exploit Risk (71.6/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.57%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.43% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2009-3538

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-3538

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 0.14% 1.57% +1.43%
2 2025-03-30 0.17% 0.14% -0.03%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.17% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-3538

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/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:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
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.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-3538

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-3538

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
allisclear clear_content 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:allisclear:clear_content:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-3538

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