THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2009-0244
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2009-0244

Windows Mobile vulnerability

CVSS
8.8
EPSS
30.3%
EPSS pct
98th
Exploited
No known
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.
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Windows Mobile
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2009-01-21

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring low privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 30.3% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 98% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2009-0244

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Windows Mobile is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2009-0244.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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