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CVE-2009-3898

Published: Nov 24, 2009Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-22
NVD MITRE
4.9CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
15.9%
Top 3.5%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:MAu:SC:PI:PA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:MAccess Complexity
Medium
Au:SAuthentication
Single
Impact
C:PConfidentiality
Partial
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-22

Affected Products

nginxf5
On-premWeb App
Networking Infrastructure / load-balancer-proxy
nginxnginx
On-premWeb App
Networking Infrastructure / load-balancer-proxy
n/an/a
f5commercialUSNetworking Infrastructure
nginxcommercialNetworking Infrastructureaka njs, nginx

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Collection
Discovery
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References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-09/0379.html
archives.neohapsis.com
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125897327321676&w=2
marc.info
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125897425223039&w=2
marc.info
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Timeline

Published
Nov 24, 2009
Last Updated
Apr 23, 2026

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