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CVE-2009-0654

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-0654 describes a vulnerability in Tor versions 0.2.0.28 and likely earlier, where an attacker controlling both entry and exit routers could confirm communication between a sender and receiver. This is achieved by manipulating single cells and observing resulting recognition errors. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.1, indicating a network-based attack with high access complexity and partial impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite the vendor downplaying its significance, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.2.0.34CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tor:tor:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.2.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tor:tor:0.2.0.1:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.2.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tor:tor:0.2.0.2:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.2.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tor:tor:0.2.0.3:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.2.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tor:tor:0.2.0.4:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.1MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
4.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.12%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
79.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0212 is in the 67th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 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-2009-0654Low

tor: allows breaking its anonymity via single cell

Feb 16, 2009

References

blog.torproject.org / blog/one-cell-enough
blackhat.com / html/bh-dc-09/bh-dc-09-archives.html
blackhat.com / presentations/bh-dc-09/Fu/BlackHat-DC-09-Fu-Break-Tors-Anonymity.pdf
Exploit