CVE-2009-4896

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-4896
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-08-02 20:40:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionMultiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in the mlmmj-php-admin web interface for Mailing List Managing Made Joyful (mlmmj) 1.2.15 through 1.2.17 allow remote authenticated users to overwrite, create, or delete arbitrary files, or determine the existence of arbitrary directories, via a .. (dot dot) in a list name in a (1) edit or (2) save action.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-22 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mlmmj Mlmmj 1.2.15 All All All
Application Mlmmj Mlmmj 1.2.16 All All All
Application Mlmmj Mlmmj 1.2.17 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- mlmmj -- Directory traversal flaw by editing and saving list entries via php-admin web interface af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- mlmmj -- Directory traversal flaw by editing and saving list entries via php-admin web interface af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
oss-security - CVE Request -- mlmmj -- Directory traversal flaw by editing and saving list entries via php-admin web interface af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- mlmmj -- Directory traversal flaw by editing and saving list entries via php-admin web interface af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Bug 607256 – CVE-2009-4896 mlmmj: Directory traversal flaw by editing and saving list entries via php-admin web interface af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- mlmmj -- Directory traversal flaw by editing and saving list entries via php-admin web interface af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Patch
mlmmj :: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 mlmmj.org
259968 – (CVE-2009-4896) <net-mail/mlmmj-1.2.17.1: php admin webinterface input validation vulnerability (CVE-2009-4896) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org
Debian update for mlmmj - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2073-1 mlmmj af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- mlmmj -- Directory traversal flaw by editing and saving list entries via php-admin web interface af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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