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CVE-2009-1523

Directory traversal vulnerability in the HTTP server in Mort Bay Jetty 5.1.14, 6.x before 6.1.17, and 7.x through 7.0.0.

Directory traversal vulnerability in the HTTP server in Mort Bay Jetty 5.1.14, 6.x before 6.1.17, and 7.x through 7.0.0.M2 allows remote attackers to access arbitrary files via directory traversal sequences in the URI.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 0.1218
Schedule remediation
  • EPSS ≥ 0.10 - elevated exploitation probability
  • EPSS percentile: top 6% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • Public exploit or PoC is available
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
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Affected Products & Versions

3
mortbay jetty<= 6.1.16
mortbay jetty<= 7.0.0
mortbay jettyall versions
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Affected Packages

1
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
Maven org.mortbay.jetty:jetty MODERATE fixed in 6.1.17
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Public Exploits & PoCs

2
remoteVMware - Update Manager Directory Traversal2011-11-21
remoteJetty Web Server - Directory Traversalverified
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Scoring & Timeline

5
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Published to NVD05 May 2009 · 05:30 PM
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References & Sources

19
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=emr_na-c02282388
http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/JETTY-1004
http://secunia.com/advisories/34975Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35143Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35225Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35776Vendor Advisory
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