TI-2009-03708 Aliases CVE-2009-3902 GHSA-7vcp-8q92-r6jf

Directory traversal vulnerability in Cherokee Web Server 0.5.4 and earlier for Windows…

LOW 29CWE-22Published 2009-11-06 · Updated 2024-08-07

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Partial · None · None
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-22 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in Cherokee Web Server 0.5.4 and earlier for Windows allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a /\.. (slash backslash dot dot) in the URL.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.03535 89th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 3 exploit referencesTagged by NVD

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:cherokee:cherokee_httpd:0.5.4:::::::*	0.5.4	Vulnerable	Cherokee
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows::::::::	all versions	Running on	Microsoft

cpe:2.3:a:cherokee:cherokee_httpd:0.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.5.4 Vulnerable ·Cherokee
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Running on ·Microsoft

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2009-3902
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7vcp-8q92-r6jf

References

Exploit 3

Advisory 1

ADV-2009-3091

TI-2004-00994 Format string vulnerability in the cherokee_logger_ncsa_write_string function in Cherokee… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
TI-2001-01384 Directory traversal vulnerability in Cherokee Web Server allows remote attackers to read… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.8
TI-2001-01385 Cherokee web server before 0.2.7 does not properly drop root privileges after binding to… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
TI-2006-01627 Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Cherokee HTTPD 0.5 and earlier allows remote… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.3
TI-2004-02043 Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Cherokee before 0.4.8 allows remote attackers… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.3
TI-2003-01100 connection.c in Cherokee web server before 0.4.6 allows remote attackers to cause a… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0

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Sources

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