CVE-2009-0244

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 30.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-01-21 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

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.

Affected products

Microsoft Windows Mobile: 5.0, 6.0

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/33598
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4938
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500199/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33359
http://www.seguridadmobile.com/windows-mobile/windows-mobile-security/Microsoft-Bluetooth-Stack-Directory-Traversal.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48124
http://secunia.com/advisories/33598
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4938
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500199/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33359
http://www.seguridadmobile.com/windows-mobile/windows-mobile-security/Microsoft-Bluetooth-Stack-Directory-Traversal.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48124

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