CVE-2009-0244

high-risk
Published 2009-01-21

Directory traversal vulnerability in the OBEX FTP Service in the Microsoft Bluetooth stack in Windows Mobile 6 Professional, and probably Windows Mobile 5.0 for Pocket PC and 5.0 for Pocket PC Phone Edition, allows remote authenticated users to list arbitrary directories, and create or read arbitrary files, via a .. (dot dot) in a pathname. NOTE: this can be leveraged for code execution by writing to a Startup folder.

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17.4% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 83% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 8.8/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (6)

Affected Vendors

Microsoft

References (12)

Broken Link http://secunia.com/advisories/33598
Exploit http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4938
Broken Link http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500199/100/0/threaded
Broken Link http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33359
Broken Link http://www.seguridadmobile.com/windows-mobile/windows-mobile-security/Microsoft-...
Third Party Advisory https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48124
Broken Link http://secunia.com/advisories/33598
Exploit http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4938
Broken Link http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500199/100/0/threaded
Broken Link http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33359
Broken Link http://www.seguridadmobile.com/windows-mobile/windows-mobile-security/Microsoft-...
Third Party Advisory https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48124
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high-risk
Severity 30/34 · Critical
Exploitability 13/34 · Low
Exposure 13/34 · Low