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CVE-2009-1559

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-1559 describes an absolute path traversal vulnerability in the adm/file.cgi component of the Cisco Linksys WVC54GCA wireless video camera (firmware 1.00R24 and possibly 1.00R22). This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to read arbitrary files on the device by supplying an absolute pathname in the "this_file" parameter. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity, potentially leading to complete confidentiality compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there public exploit modules or significant community discussion surrounding this decade-old vulnerability.

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
1.53%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
72.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0153 is in the 54th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 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/50231
gnucitizen.org / blog/hacking-linksys-ip-cameras-pt-3
Exploit
securityfocus.com / bid/34713
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/1173
Vendor Advisory