CVE-2009-2265 EXPLOIT
7.5
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 83.7% (pctl 100)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in FCKeditor before 2.6.4.1 allow remote attackers to create executable files in arbitrary directories via directory traversal sequences in the input to unspecified connector modules, as exploited in the wild for remote code execution in July 2009, related to the file browser and the editor/filemanager/connectors/ directory.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 83.74% — more likely to be exploited than 100% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-22 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2009-07-05 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| fckeditor | fckeditor |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Adobe ColdFusion 8 - Remote Command Execution (RCE) | 2021-06-24 |
| exploit-db | ColdFusion 8.0.1 - Arbitrary File Upload / Execution (Metasploit) | 2010-11-24 |
References
- http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=6724
- http://mail.zope.org/pipermail/zope-dev/2009-July/037195.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163271/Adobe-ColdFusion-8-Remote-Command-Execution.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35833
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35909
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=695430
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1836
- http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2009-007.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504721/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022513
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1813
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1825
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00710.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00750.html
- http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=6724
- http://mail.zope.org/pipermail/zope-dev/2009-July/037195.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163271/Adobe-ColdFusion-8-Remote-Command-Execution.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35833
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35909
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=695430
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