PT-2009-4946 · Mpl+2 · Messenger Plus! Live+2

Joepie91 · Published 2009-07-20 · Updated 2017-09-19 · CVE-2009-2544

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Marcelo Costa FileServer component version 1.0

Description A directory traversal issue allows remote authenticated users to list arbitrary directories and read arbitrary files by using a .. (dot dot) in a pathname. This affects Microsoft Windows Live Messenger and Messenger Plus! Live (MPL).

Recommendations For version 1.0 of the Marcelo Costa FileServer component, consider restricting access to sensitive directories and files as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-2544

Affected Products

Marcelo Costa Fileserver

Messenger Plus! Live

Windows Live Messenger

References · 3

• 🔥 http://exploit-db.com/exploits/9093 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/9093 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2544 · Security Note