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CVE-2009-1272

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-1272 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in PHP 5.2.x before 5.2.9, specifically within the php_zip_make_relative_path function. An attacker can trigger a crash by providing a specially crafted ZIP file containing filenames with relative paths during extraction. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, and can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, leading to a partial denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:php:5.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.97%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
78.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0197 is in the 65th percentile among its peer group of 23,725 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, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 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-2009-1272Low

php: crash when extracting zip file with relative paths

Feb 5, 2009

References

cvs.php.net / viewvc.cgi/php-src/ext/zip/php_zip.c
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00004.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00002.html
marc.info
secunia.com / advisories/35685
secunia.com / advisories/36701
support.apple.com / kb/HT3865
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2009/04/01/9
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2009/04/09/1
php.net / releases/5_2_9.php
Vendor Advisory