CVE-2009-1559

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-05-06 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in adm/file.cgi on the Cisco Linksys WVC54GCA wireless video camera with firmware 1.00R24 and possibly 1.00R22 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an absolute pathname in the this_file parameter. NOTE: traversal via a .. (dot dot) is probably also possible.

Affected products

Cisco Wvc54Gca: 1.00r22, 1.00r24

References

http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/hacking-linksys-ip-cameras-pt-3/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34713
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1173
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50231
http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/hacking-linksys-ip-cameras-pt-3/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34713
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1173
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50231

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