CVE-2009-4427

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in cmd.php in phpLDAPadmin 1.1.0.5 allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the cmd parameter.

Published: 2009-12-28 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2009-4427 is rated High Exploit Risk (73.2/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 10.00%, 95th 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-2009-4427

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
10410 exploit_db edb 2009-12-10 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-4427

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 18.92% 10.00% -8.92%
2 2025-07-18 14.90% 18.92% +4.02%
3 2025-05-21 — 14.90% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-4427

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-2009-4427

OS Trackers for CVE-2009-4427

vendor priority summary link
debian medium CVE-2009-4427 medium priority: Debian including 1 source packages (phpldapadmin), 4 status rows across 4 suites (bookworm, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 4. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-4427
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-4427
ubuntu medium CVE-2009-4427 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (phpldapadmin), 10 status rows across 10 suites (dapper, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, upstream): ignored 4, not-affected 4, released 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-4427

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-4427

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phpldapadmin_project phpldapadmin 1.1.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:phpldapadmin_project:phpldapadmin:1.1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-4427

URL Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/37848 Third Party Advisory
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/10410 Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:023 Third Party Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/61139 Broken Link Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37327 Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
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