CVE-2009-3887
ytnef has directory traversal
9.8 Critical
ytnef has directory traversal
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
2.53%Up 1.5 points since Feb 4, 2022
What each source reports
NVD Score used
ytnef has directory traversal
- Record
CVE-2009-3887- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
ytnef has directory traversal
- Record
CVE-2009-3887- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2009-3858 No score
ytnef has directory traversal
- Record
EUVD-2009-3858- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-rcqr-q789-7p6p
ytnef has directory traversal
ytnef has directory traversal
- Record
GHSA-rcqr-q789-7p6p- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2009-3887 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Ytnef, published October 29, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.53%, the 84th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-3887
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2009-3887
access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2009-3887
ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2009-013.html
akitasecurity.nl/advisory.php?id=AK20090601
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3887
github.com/advisories/GHSA-rcqr-q789-7p6p