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CVE-2009-4587 json

Cherokee Web Server 0.5.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via an MS-DOS reserved word in a URI, as demo…

published 16y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2009-4553

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.1%
EPSS 4.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Cherokee Web Server 0.5.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via an MS-DOS reserved word in a URI, as demonstrated by the AUX reserved word.

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-9874)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

4.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-9874 Cherokee Web server 0.5.4 - Denial of Service dos, 2009-10-26
  • xc0re.wordpress.com http://xc0re.wordpress.com/2009/10/25/cherokee-web-server-0-5-4-denial-of-service/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

Sources

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