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CVE-2009-1479

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-1479 is a directory traversal vulnerability in Boxalino versions prior to 09.05.25-0421, specifically within the client/desktop/default.htm component. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to read arbitrary files on the system by manipulating the 'url' parameter with dot-dot-slash sequences. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered highly severe, enabling potential compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:boxalino:boxalino:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.39%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-9872 · Oct 20, 2009
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0239 is in the 68th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/53932
csnc.ch / misc/files/advisories/CVE-2009-1479-Boxalino-Directory_Traversal.txt
Exploit
securityfocus.com / archive/1/507319/100/0/threaded