7.8
HIGH
CVE-2009-3721
Microsoft yTNEF Directory Traversal/Buffer Overflowovsky
Description

Multiple directory traversal and buffer overflow vulnerabilities were discovered in yTNEF, and in Evolution's TNEF parser that is derived from yTNEF. A crafted email could cause these applications to write data in arbitrary locations on the filesystem, crash, or potentially execute arbitrary code when decoding attachments.

INFO

Published Date :

May 26, 2021, 10:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

June 4, 2021, 3:34 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2009-3721 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Gnome evolution
1 Ytnef_project ytnef
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2009-3721.

URL Resource
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2009-013.html Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=521662 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2009-3721 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2009-3721 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 04, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2009-013.html No Types Assigned http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2009-013.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=521662 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=521662 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ytnef_project:ytnef:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2009-3721 is associated with the following CWEs:

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.11 }} 0.01%

score

0.44143

percentile

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