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CVE-2009-5067

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-5067 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in html2ps before version 1.0b6, allowing remote attackers to read arbitrary files through a ".. (dot dot)" sequence within the "include file" SSI directive. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3 (Medium) with an attack vector of network, medium attack complexity, and potential for partial confidentiality impact. While not actively exploited in the wild and not on CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available via ExploitDB (EDB-10012), though it has garnered minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:html2ps_project:html2ps:*:b5:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:html2ps_project:html2ps:1.0:b1:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:html2ps_project:html2ps:1.0:b2:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:html2ps_project:html2ps:1.0:b3:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:html2ps_project:html2ps:1.0:b4:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
7.63%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-10012 · Sep 25, 2009
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0763 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 19,955 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2009-5067Moderate

html2ps: arbitrary file disclosure in SSI directives

Sep 27, 2009

References

bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
packetstormsecurity.org / files/81614/html2ps-1.0-beta5-File-Disclosure.html
Exploit
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
user.it.uu.se / ~jan/html2ps-1.0b7.tar.gz
Patch
mandriva.com / security/advisories
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/10/05/1
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/10/05/5
securityfocus.com / bid/36524