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CVE-2009-3898

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-22 Path Traversal
Publication date:
24/11/2009
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in src/http/modules/ngx_http_dav_module.c in nginx (aka Engine X) before 0.7.63, and 0.8.x before 0.8.17, allows remote authenticated users to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the Destination HTTP header for the WebDAV (1) COPY or (2) MOVE method.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.90 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): Single
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0
4.90
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0.7.62 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx:0.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx:0.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx:0.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx:0.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx:0.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx:0.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx:0.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx:0.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx:0.1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx:0.1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx:0.1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx:0.1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx:0.1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx:0.1.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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