CVE-2009-0880

IBM System Director Agent 5.20 - CIM Server Privilege Escalation

Severity Score

8.4

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Vulnerabilidad de salto de directorio en el servidor CIM en IBM Director anteriores v5.20.3 Service Update 2 en Windows que permite a los atacantes remotos cargar y ejecutar arbitrariamente código DLL local a través .. (punto punto) en un /CIMListener/ URI en una petición M-POST.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2009-03-10 First Exploit
2009-03-12 CVE Reserved
2009-03-12 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-05-19 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CAPEC

References (11)

URL	Tag	Source
http://osvdb.org/52616	Vdb Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501639/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34065	Vdb Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49286	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32845	2009-03-10
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23074	2012-12-02
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23203	2012-12-07
https://www.sec-consult.com/files/20090305-2_IBM_director_privilege_escalation.txt	2024-08-07

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0656	2018-10-10
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=UTF-8	2018-10-10

URL	Date	SRC
http://secunia.com/advisories/34212	2018-10-10

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"	Director Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Director"	<= 5.20.3 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Director" and version " <= 5.20.3"	service_update_1	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	*	-	Safe
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"	Director Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Director"	3.1.1 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Director" and version "3.1.1"	-	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	*	-	Safe
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"	Director Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Director"	4.10 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Director" and version "4.10"	-	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	*	-	Safe
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"	Director Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Director"	4.11 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Director" and version "4.11"	-	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	*	-	Safe
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"	Director Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Director"	4.12 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Director" and version "4.12"	-	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	*	-	Safe
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"	Director Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Director"	4.20 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Director" and version "4.20"	-	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	*	-	Safe
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"	Director Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Director"	4.21 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Director" and version "4.21"	-	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	*	-	Safe
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"	Director Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Director"	4.22 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Director" and version "4.22"	-	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	*	-	Safe
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"	Director Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Director"	5.10.0 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Director" and version "5.10.0"	-	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	*	-	Safe
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"	Director Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Director"	5.10.1 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Director" and version "5.10.1"	-	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	*	-	Safe
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"	Director Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Director"	5.10.2 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Director" and version "5.10.2"	-	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	*	-	Safe
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"	Director Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Director"	5.10.3 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Director" and version "5.10.3"	-	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	*	-	Safe
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"	Director Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Director"	5.20.0 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Director" and version "5.20.0"	-	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	*	-	Safe
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"	Director Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Director"	5.20.1 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Director" and version "5.20.1"	-	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	*	-	Safe
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"	Director Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Director"	5.20.2 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Director" and version "5.20.2"	-	Affected	in	Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"	Windows Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows"	*	-	Safe