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Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2009-4896

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in the mlmmj-php-admin web interface for Mailing List Managing Made Joyful (mlmmj) 1.2.15 through 1.2.17 allow remote authenticated users to overwrite, create, or delete arbitrary files, or determine the existence of arbitrary directories, via a .. (dot dot) in a list name in a (1) edit or (2) save action.

Products
mlmmj
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
1.2.17-1.1
CVEs
CVE-2009-4896
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 22:59 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2009-4896

core-osv · Original source

Published 2 Aug 2010, 20:40 UTC

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in the mlmmj-php-admin web interface for Mailing List Managing Made Joyful (mlmmj) 1.2.15 through 1.2.17 allow remote authenticated users to overwrite, create, or delete arbitrary files, or determine the existence of arbitrary directories, via a .. (dot dot) in a list name in a (1) edit or (2) save action.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2009-4896

mlmmj

Fixed versions: 1.2.17-1.1

mlmmj

Fixed versions: 1.2.17-1.1

mlmmj

Fixed versions: 1.2.17-1.1

Complete source record
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  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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      "modified": "2026-10-23T17:47:31.365335395Z",
      "provider": "osv",
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 417402,
  "published_at": "2010-08-02T20:40:00.217+00:00"
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