CVE-2009-0753

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-0753
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-03-03 16:30:05 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionAbsolute path traversal vulnerability in MLDonkey 2.8.4 through 2.9.7 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a leading "//" (double slash) in the filename.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-22 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mldonkey Mldonkey 2.8.4 All All All
Application Mldonkey Mldonkey 2.8.7 All All All
Application Mldonkey Mldonkey 2.9 All All All
Application Mldonkey Mldonkey 2.9.0-r3 All All All
Application Mldonkey Mldonkey 2.9.7 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
mldonkey, a multi-networks file-sharing client - Bugs: bug #25667, Reassigned to another tracker... [Savannah] af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 savannah.nongnu.org
Fedora update for mldonkey - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- MLDonkey: Information disclosure af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1739-1 mldonkey af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Debian update for mldonkey - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 10 Update: mldonkey-3.0.0-1.fc10 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Gentoo update for mldonkey - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: mldonkey-3.0.0-1.fc9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
MLDonkey Arbitrary File Disclosure Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
MLdonkey <= 2.9.7 HTTP DOUBLE SLASH Arbitrary File Disclosure Vuln af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com
oss-security - CVE request: mldonkey arbitrary file download vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
MLdonkey HTTP Request Arbitrary File Download Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
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