CVE-2009-2265

Summary

CVECVE-2009-2265
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-07-05 16:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionMultiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in FCKeditor before 2.6.4.1 allow remote attackers to create executable files in arbitrary directories via directory traversal sequences in the input to unspecified connector modules, as exploited in the wild for remote code execution in July 2009, related to the file browser and the editor/filemanager/connectors/ directory.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-22 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Fckeditor Fckeditor 2.0 All All All
Application Fckeditor Fckeditor 2.0rc2 All All All
Application Fckeditor Fckeditor 2.0rc3 All All All
Application Fckeditor Fckeditor 2.0_fc All All All
Application Fckeditor Fckeditor 2.0_rc2 All All All
Application Fckeditor Fckeditor 2.1 All All All
Application Fckeditor Fckeditor 2.1.1 All All All
Application Fckeditor Fckeditor 2.2 All All All
Application Fckeditor Fckeditor 2.3 All All All
Application Fckeditor Fckeditor 2.3 beta All All
Application Fckeditor Fckeditor 2.3.1 All All All
Application Fckeditor Fckeditor 2.3.2 All All All
Application Fckeditor Fckeditor 2.3.3 All All All
Application Fckeditor Fckeditor 2.4 All All All
Application Fckeditor Fckeditor 2.4.1 All All All
Application Fckeditor Fckeditor 2.4.2 All All All
Application Fckeditor Fckeditor 2.4.3 All All All
Application Fckeditor Fckeditor 2.5 All All All
Application Fckeditor Fckeditor 2.5 beta All All
Application Fckeditor Fckeditor 2.5.1 All All All
Application Fckeditor Fckeditor 2.6 All All All
Application Fckeditor Fckeditor 2.6.1 All All All
Application Fckeditor Fckeditor 2.6.2 All All All
Application Fckeditor Fckeditor 2.6.3 All All All
Application Fckeditor Fckeditor 2.6.3 beta All All
Application Fckeditor Fckeditor 2.6.4 beta All All
Application Fckeditor Fckeditor All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 11 Update: moin-1.8.4-2.fc11 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
SourceForge.net: ClanSphere: Files af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net
SecurityTracker.com Archives - FCKeditor input Validation Flaw Lets Remote Users Upload Arbitrary Files af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Fedora update for moin - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
FCKEditor advisory af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 isc.sans.org
oCERT.org - oCERT Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ocert.org Patch
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1836-1 fckeditor af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
[Zope-dev] zope.html with FCKEditor security fix af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 mail.zope.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Debian update for fckeditor - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 10 Update: moin-1.6.4-3.fc10 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Adobe ColdFusion 8 Remote Command Execution ≈ Packet Storm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 packetstormsecurity.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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