CVE-2009-0244 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2009-0244?

CVE-2009-0244 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 21 Jan 2009. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-0244?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Microsoft Windows Mobile.

How do I fix CVE-2009-0244?

No fix has been published for CVE-2009-0244 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2009-0244 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-0244 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2007-0878 Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer on Windows Mobile 5.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (loss of High 7.8
• CVE-2007-0674 Denial of service in n/a High 7.1
• CVE-2008-4295 Denial of service in n/a Medium 5.4
• CVE-2007-5460 Weak cryptography in n/a Medium 4.6
• CVE-2007-5493 Other in n/a Medium 4.3

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-6gmh-pw6w-cww4.