CVE-2009-3693

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 41.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-10-13 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Persits.XUpload.2 ActiveX control (XUpload.ocx) in HP LoadRunner 9.5 allows remote attackers to create arbitrary files via \.. (backwards slash dot dot) sequences in the third argument to the MakeHttpRequest method.

Affected products

HP Loadrunner: 9.5
Persits Xupload: 2.0

References

http://retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_hp_loadrunner.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/36898
http://retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_hp_loadrunner.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/36898

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