Vulnerability Report

CVE-2009-0843

Title: Umn Mapserver Improper Input Validation

Improper Input Validation

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2009-0843.

CWE Category CWE-20
Published Date Mar 31, 2009
Modified Date Apr 09, 2025
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 7.8 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
1.03%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2009-0843: The msLoadQuery function in mapserv in MapServer 4.x before 4.10.4 and 5.x before 5.2.2 allows remote attackers to determine the existence of arbitrary files via a full pathname in the queryfile parameter, which triggers different error messages depending on whether this pathname exists.

Impacted Vendors

U
university_of_minnesota 1
U
umn 1
O
osgeo 1

Reference Links

http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/mapserver-users/2009-March/060600.html http://secunia.com/advisories/34520 http://secunia.com/advisories/34603 http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/ticket/2939 http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1914 http://www.positronsecurity.com/advisories/2009-000.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502271/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34306 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021952 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00147.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00170.html http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/mapserver-users/2009-March/060600.html http://secunia.com/advisories/34520 http://secunia.com/advisories/34603 http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/ticket/2939 http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1914 http://www.positronsecurity.com/advisories/2009-000.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502271/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34306 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021952 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00147.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00170.html
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.8
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2009-0843 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.