CVE-2009-3898

mediumpriority · track · 36EPSS 0.159 · 97 %ileexploit · functionalEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · functional

Likely / severe?

15.9% (97th) EPSS

CVSS 4.9 · medium

Is it mine?

286 products

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Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

Directory traversal vulnerability in src/http/modules/ngx_http_dav_module.c in nginx (aka Engine X) before 0.7.63, and 0.8.x before 0.8.17, allows remote authenticated users to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the Destination HTTP header for the WebDAV (1) COPY or (2) MOVE method.

cvss

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4.9

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.04.9mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 6.8 · impact 4.9

v2.04.4mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N/E:POCsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-22USprimary

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-9829Nginx 0.7.61 - WebDAV Directory Traversalfunctional · exploit_db

affected products (286)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
f5 nginx≤ 0.7.62nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 nginx= 0.1.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 nginx= 0.1.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 nginx= 0.1.10nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 nginx= 0.1.11nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 nginx= 0.1.12nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 nginx= 0.1.13nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 nginx= 0.1.14nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 nginx= 0.1.15nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 nginx= 0.1.16nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 nginx= 0.1.17nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 nginx= 0.1.18nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 nginx= 0.1.19nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 nginx= 0.1.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 nginx= 0.1.20nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 nginx= 0.1.21nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 nginx= 0.1.22nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 nginx= 0.1.23nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 nginx= 0.1.24nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2009-11-24modified 2026-06-16

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