High severity · published Jan 21, 2009
CVE-2009-0244
Directory traversal vulnerability in the OBEX FTP Service in the Microsoft Bluetooth stack in Windows Mobile 6 Professional, and probably Windows Mobile 5.0 for Pocket PC and 5.0…
8.8
CVSS
30.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in the OBEX FTP Service in the Microsoft Bluetooth stack in Windows Mobile 6 Professional, and probably Windows Mobile 5.0 for Pocket PC and 5.0 for Pocket PC Phone Edition, allows remote authenticated users to list arbitrary directories, and create or read arbitrary files, via a .. (dot dot) in a pathname. NOTE: this can be leveraged for code execution by writing to a Startup folder.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)30.3% · higher than 98% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WM
Windows Mobile · Microsoft
5.0; 5.0; 5.0; 6.0; 6.0; 6.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0244
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0244
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/33598
Exploit
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4938
Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500199/100/0/threaded
Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33359
Broken Link
http://www.seguridadmobile.com/windows-mobile/windows-mobile-security/Microsoft-Bluetooth-Stack-Directory-Traversal.html
Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48124
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