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CVE-2009-1558

55
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-1558 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in the Cisco Linksys WVC54GCA wireless video camera (firmware 1.00R22 and 1.00R24). This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to read arbitrary files on the device by manipulating the 'next_file' parameter in 'adm/file.cgi' with encoded dot-dot sequences or absolute pathnames. The vulnerability has a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a critical risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete confidentiality impact. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available via ExploitDB and Nuclei templates, though there is no evidence of widespread active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.00r22CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:wvc54gca:1.00r22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.00r24CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:wvc54gca:1.00r24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.8HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
28.81%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Nuclei: CVE-2009-1558 · Jul 17, 2021
ExploitDB: EDB-32954 · Apr 23, 2009
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2881 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 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/50231
gnucitizen.org / blog/hacking-linksys-ip-cameras-pt-3
Exploit
securityfocus.com / bid/34713
Exploit
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/1173
Vendor Advisory