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CVE-2009-4205

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-4205 is a directory traversal vulnerability in the admin.php component of Flashlight Free Edition, allowing remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files. This critical flaw, with a CVSS score of 7.5, permits unauthenticated attackers to achieve full compromise (confidentiality, integrity, and availability) of the affected system through a low-complexity network attack. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, indicating potential for exploitation, though community discussion and media coverage are minimal.

Impacted Technologies

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

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
2.40%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-8856 · Jun 2, 2009
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0240 is in the 68th percentile among its peer group of 51,466 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, 0.1 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/50907
exploit-db.com / exploits/8856