CVE-2009-4496

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 None

Description

Boa 0.94.14rc21 writes data to a log file without sanitizing non-printable characters, which might allow remote attackers to modify a window's title, or possibly execute arbitrary commands or overwrite files, via an HTTP request containing an escape sequence for a terminal emulator.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2009-4496

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2010-01-13T20:30:00

Last Modified Date
2018-10-10T19:49:16

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-20	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:boa:boa:0.94.14rc21:::::::*	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
5

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
10

Impact Score
2.9

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
http://www.ush.it/team/ush/hack_httpd_escape/adv.txt	Exploit
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041271.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37718
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041274.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041285.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/39775
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1133
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508830/100/0/threaded

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-4496
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-4496

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 18:31:28				Added to TrackCVE