CVE-2009-1526

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-05-05 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-59

Description

JBMC Software DirectAdmin before 1.334 allows local users to create or overwrite any file via a symlink attack on an arbitrary file in a certain temporary directory, related to a request for this temporary file in the PATH_INFO to the CMD_DB script during a backup action.

Affected products

Directadmin: before 1.33.4 — fixed in 1.33.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Directadmin 1.33.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-04/0228.html
http://osvdb.org/54014
http://secunia.com/advisories/34861
http://www.directadmin.com/features.php?id=968
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-04/0228.html
http://osvdb.org/54014
http://secunia.com/advisories/34861
http://www.directadmin.com/features.php?id=968

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