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CVE-2009-2444

Published: Jul 13, 2009Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-22
7.5HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
1.9%
Top 22.3%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
Not available

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in maillinglist/setup/step1.php.inc in ADbNewsSender before 1.5.6, and 2.0 before RC2, allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the path_to_lang parameter to setup/index.php.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:PI:PA:P
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:PConfidentiality
Partial
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

CWE-22

Affected Products

adbnewssender
oss-project
adbnewssenderOn-prem
OSS Libraries / generic-library
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Collection
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References

http://r00tsecurity.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=9460
r00tsecurity.org
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1808
vupen.com
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=694644
sourceforge.net
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