CVE-2009-3902

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in Cherokee Web Server 0.5.4 and earlier for Windows allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a /\.. (slash backslash dot dot) in the URL.

Published: 2009-11-06 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2009-3902 is rated High Exploit Risk (67/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 7.27%, 91th percentile). 5 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-2009-3902

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
9873 exploit_db edb 2009-10-28 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-3902

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 2025-03-30 7.04% 7.27% +0.23%
2 2025-03-29 7.27% 7.04% -0.23%
3 2025-03-17 — 7.27% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-3902

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-2009-3902

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-3902

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cherokee cherokee_httpd 0.5.4 cpe:2.3:a:cherokee:cherokee_httpd:0.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-3902

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