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$ cve CVE-2009-0037 JSON

CVE-2009-0037 EXPLOIT

6.8
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 9.1% (pctl 95)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Description

The redirect implementation in curl and libcurl 5.11 through 7.19.3, when CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION is enabled, accepts arbitrary Location values, which might allow remote HTTP servers to (1) trigger arbitrary requests to intranet servers, (2) read or overwrite arbitrary files via a redirect to a file: URL, or (3) execute arbitrary commands via a redirect to an scp: URL.

Scoring

CVSS6.8 (MEDIUM, v2.0)
VectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS9.05% — more likely to be exploited than 95% of all CVEs
WeaknessCWE-352
On CISA KEVno
Public exploityes
Published2009-03-05
Last modified2026-06-16

Affected (2)

VendorProduct
curlcurl
curllibcurl

Public exploits

SourceTitleDate
exploit-dbcURL/libcURL 7.19.3 - HTTP 'Location:' Redirect Security Bypass2009-03-03

References

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