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CVE-2009-0880· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

Directory traversal vulnerability in the CIM server in IBM Director before 5.20.3 Service Update 2 on Windows allows remote attackers to loa

Directory traversal vulnerability in the CIM server in IBM Director before 5.20.3 Service Update 2 on Windows allows remote attackers to load and execute arbitrary local DLL code via a .. (dot dot) in a /CIMListener/ URI in an M-POST request.

MediumCVSS 6.8 · v2.0—Weaponized No fix recorded
Published
Mar 12, 2009
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
31.6% · 98th percentile
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Action score

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CVSS
27 / 40 · 6.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
9 / 30 · 31.6%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
ibmdirector
microsoftwindows

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • ibm directorup to 5.20.3 inclusive
  • ibm director3.1.1
  • ibm director4.10
  • ibm director4.11
  • ibm director4.12
  • ibm director4.20
  • ibm director4.21
  • ibm director4.22
  • ibm director5.10.0
  • ibm director5.10.1
  • ibm director5.10.2
  • ibm director5.10.3
  • ibm director5.20.0
  • ibm director5.20.1
  • ibm director5.20.2

Same product

ibm: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2007-5612CIM Server in IBM Director 5.20.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption, connection slot exhaust
    32Monitor
  • CVE-2009-0879The CIM server in IBM Director before 5.20.3 Service Update 2 on Windows allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash)
    22Monitor
  • CVE-2006-4681Directory traversal vulnerability in Redirect.bat in IBM Director before 5.10 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a ..
    21Monitor
  • CVE-2006-4683IBM Director before 5.10 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from HTTP headers via HTTP TRACE.
    20Monitor
  • CVE-2006-4682Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in IBM Director before 5.10 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unspecified
    20Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

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No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

Weaponized

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Evidence

  • Metasploit module ×1
  • Exploit-DB entry ×3

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Public exploit evidence
SourceKindDate
Exploit-DB entrylocal2009-03-10
Exploit-DB entryremote2012-12-07
Exploit-DB entryremote2012-12-02
Metasploit moduleexploit/windows/misc/ibm_director_cim_dllinjectIBM System Director Agent DLL Injectionexploit2009-03-10

Research context

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Timeline

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  1. First PoC-2 d
  2. Metasploit-2 d
  3. Published
  4. TodaySep 30, 2026+6411 d
EPSS, last 120 days

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Patch and commit links

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Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

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Technical details

Attack conditions

    If successful

    Confidentiality
    P · data can be read
    Integrity
    P · data or configuration can be modified
    Availability
    P · the service can be disrupted
    Attack complexity
    M
    Confidentiality impact
    P
    Integrity impact
    P
    Availability impact
    P

    Weakness class (CWE)

    CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

    CVSS vector

    AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

    nvd-primary

    Root cause

    A user-supplied file name is joined with the allowed directory, but the result is never checked to confirm it is still inside that directory.

    The bug in code

    The whole CWE-22 class

    A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

    Vulnerable

    ts
    const file = path.join(ROOT, req.query.name);res.sendFile(file);

    Fixed

    ts
    const file = path.resolve(ROOT, req.query.name);if (!file.startsWith(ROOT + path.sep)) {  return res.sendStatus(400);}res.sendFile(file);

    Attack context

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    ATT&CK techniques

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    Change log

    No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

    References

    Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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