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Vulnerability record · CVE-2009-0880 · published 12 March 2009

CVE-2009-0880: Ibm director path traversal vulnerability

Ibm · Director

Directory traversal vulnerability in the CIM server in IBM Director before 5.20.3 Service Update 2 on Windows allows remote attackers to load and execute arbitrary local DLL code via a .. (dot dot) in a /CIMListener/ URI in an M-POST request.

6.8 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 32% · top 1.8% CWE-22 · Path traversal
6.8CVSS 2.0 base score
32%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
16References, 2 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the CIM server in IBM Director before 5.20.3 Service Update 2 on Windows allows remote attackers to load and execute arbitrary local DLL code via a .. (dot dot) in a /CIMListener/ URI in an M-POST request.

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

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://osvdb.org/52616
http://secunia.com/advisories/34212 Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501639/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34065
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0656 PatchVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49286
https://www.sec-consult.com/files/20090305-2_IBM_director_privilege_escalation.txt Exploit
https://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/iwm/web/reg/download.do?source=dmp&S_PKG=director_x_520&S_TACT=sms&lang=en_US&cp=U PatchVendor Advisory
http://osvdb.org/52616
http://secunia.com/advisories/34212 Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501639/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34065
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0656 PatchVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49286
https://www.sec-consult.com/files/20090305-2_IBM_director_privilege_escalation.txt Exploit
https://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/iwm/web/reg/download.do?source=dmp&S_PKG=director_x_520&S_TACT=sms&lang=en_US&cp=U PatchVendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2009-0880), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.