Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 6, 2009· Updated Apr 23, 2026

CVE-2009-3902

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Cherokee Web Server 0.5.4 and earlier for Windows allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a /\.. (slash backslash dot dot) in the URL.

Affected products

Cherokee/Cherokee Httpd
cpe:2.3:a:cherokee:cherokee_httpd:0.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

freetexthost.com/ncyss3pllinvdExploitURL Repurposed
osvdb.org/59588nvdExploit
pocoftheday.blogspot.com/2009/10/cherokee-web-server-054-directory.htmlnvdExploit
www.securityfocus.com/bid/36874nvdExploit
secunia.com/advisories/37183nvdVendor Advisory
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3091nvdVendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54024nvd

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