CVE-2009-4491
thttpd 2.24 - HTTP Request Escape Sequence Terminal Command Injection
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
2Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
thttpd 2.25b0 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.
thttpd v2.25b0, escribe datos en un archivo de los sin depurar los caracteres no escribibles, lo que podría permitir a atacantes remotos modificar la ventana de título, o posiblemente ejecutar comandos de su elección o sobrescribir archivos, a través de una petición HTTP que contiene una secuencia de escape para el emulador de terminal.
Nginx, Varnish, Cherokee, thttpd, mini-httpd, WEBrick, Orion, AOLserver, Yaws and Boa are subject to log escape sequence injection vulnerabilities.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:Attend
Timeline
- 2009-12-30 CVE Reserved
- 2010-01-11 CVE Published
- 2010-01-11 First Exploit
- 2024-08-07 CVE Updated
- 2024-08-23 EPSS Updated
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- ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
- CWE-20: Improper Input Validation
- CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
CAPEC
References (5)
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| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33499 | 2010-01-11 | |
| http://www.ush.it/team/ush/hack_httpd_escape/adv.txt | 2024-08-07 |
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