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CVE-2009-0880

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-0880 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in the CIM server of IBM Director before version 5.20.3 Service Update 2 on Windows systems. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to load and execute arbitrary local DLL code by manipulating a /CIMListener/ URI with a ".." sequence in an M-POST request. With a CVSS score of 6.8, this vulnerability is considered medium severity, enabling partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise with moderate attack complexity. While not currently on the KEV catalog or Hot List, exploit modules are publicly available in Metasploit and ExploitDB, indicating a clear path for exploitation, though community discussion and media coverage are minimal.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 5.20.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:director:*:service_update_1:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:director:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:director:4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:director:4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:director:4.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
31.60%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: IBM System Director Agent DLL Injection · Mar 10, 2009
ExploitDB: EDB-23203 · Dec 7, 2012
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.3160 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 19,956 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

osvdb.org / 52616
secunia.com / advisories/34212
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/49286
www14.software.ibm.com / webapp/iwm/web/reg/download.do
PatchVendor Advisory
sec-consult.com / files/20090305-2_IBM_director_privilege_escalation.txt
Exploit
securityfocus.com / archive/1/501639/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/34065
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/0656
PatchVendor Advisory