{"id":"CVE-2009-0842","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2009-0842","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:33:56.761Z","title":"mapserv in MapServer 4.x before 4.10.4 and 5.x before 5.2.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary invalid .map files via a full pathname in the map parameter, which triggers the display of partial file contents within an error message, as…","description":"mapserv in MapServer 4.x before 4.10.4 and 5.x before 5.2.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary invalid .map files via a full pathname in the map parameter, which triggers the display of partial file contents within an error message, as demonstrated by a /tmp/sekrut.map symlink.","published":"2009-03-31T18:24:46.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:05:56.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":4.3,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-200"],"affected":["osgeo/mapserver","umn/mapserver"],"epss":{"score":0.02649,"percentile":0.85515,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.65%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/mapserver-users/2009-March/060600.html","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/34520","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/34603","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/ticket/2941","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1914","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.positronsecurity.com/advisories/2009-000.html","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502271/100/0/threaded","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34306","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021952","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00147.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00170.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/mapserver-users/2009-March/060600.html","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/34520","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/34603","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/ticket/2941","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1914","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.positronsecurity.com/advisories/2009-000.html","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502271/100/0/threaded","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34306","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021952","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00147.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00170.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0842","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}