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CVE-2009-0753

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-0753 describes an absolute path traversal vulnerability in MLDonkey versions 2.8.4 through 2.9.7, allowing remote attackers to read arbitrary files by prepending a double slash ("//") to the filename. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with a low attack complexity and no authentication required, potentially leading to unauthorized information disclosure. While not listed on the KEV catalog, an exploit (EDB-8097) is publicly available, though there is no evidence of active exploitation, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.8.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mldonkey:mldonkey:2.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.8.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mldonkey:mldonkey:2.8.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mldonkey:mldonkey:2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.9.0-r3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mldonkey:mldonkey:2.9.0-r3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.9.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mldonkey:mldonkey:2.9.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.80%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-8097 · Feb 23, 2009
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0580 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 23,701 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2009-0753Important

mldonkey: arbitrary file read vulnerability

Feb 22, 2009

References

savannah.nongnu.org / bugs
secunia.com / advisories/34008
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/34306
secunia.com / advisories/34345
secunia.com / advisories/34436
exploit-db.com / exploits/8097
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00542.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-March/msg00617.html
debian.org / security/2009/dsa-1739
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200903-36.xml
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2009/02/23/1
securityfocus.com / bid/33865