THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2009-4587
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2009-4587

Cherokee vulnerability

CVSS
5.0
EPSS
4.1%
EPSS pct
90th
Exploited
No known
Cherokee Web Server 0.5.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via an MS-DOS reserved word in a URI, as demonstrated by the AUX reserved word.
Affected vendor
Cherokee
Affected product
Cherokee
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Published
2010-01-07

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 4.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 90% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2009-4587

  • Confirm whether Cherokee Cherokee is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2009-4587.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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