CVE-2009-4492
WEBrick Terminal Evasion & Code Injection Vulnerability
Description
WEBrick 1.3.1 in Ruby 1.8.6 through patchlevel 383, 1.8.7 through patchlevel 248, 1.8.8dev, 1.9.1 through patchlevel 376, and 1.9.2dev 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.
INFO
Published Date :
Jan. 13, 2010, 8:30 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 1:09 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
6.4
Exploitability Score :
10.0
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CVE-2009-4492
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Aug. 01, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Evaluator Impact Per: http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2010/01/10/webrick-escape-sequence-injection "Affected versions * Ruby 1.8.6 patchlevel 383 and all prior versions * Ruby 1.8.7 patchlevel 248 and all prior versions * Development versions of Ruby 1.8 (1.8.8dev) * Ruby 1.9.1 patchlevel 376 and all prior versions * Development versions of Ruby 1.9 (1.9.2dev)" Removed CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/37949 Vendor Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/37949 Not Applicable, Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type http://securitytracker.com/id?1023429 Exploit http://securitytracker.com/id?1023429 Broken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0908.html No Types Assigned http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0908.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0909.html No Types Assigned http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0909.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508830/100/0/threaded No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508830/100/0/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37710 Exploit http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37710 Broken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://www.ush.it/team/ush/hack_httpd_escape/adv.txt Exploit http://www.ush.it/team/ush/hack_httpd_escape/adv.txt Broken Link, Exploit Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0089 No Types Assigned http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0089 Permissions Required Removed CWE NIST CWE-20 Added CWE NIST NVD-CWE-noinfo Removed CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:webrick:webrick:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.8:dev:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.9.2:dev:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:webrick:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:* OR cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.8.6 up to (including) 1.8.6.383 cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.8.7 up to (including) 1.8.7.248 cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.9.1 up to (including) 1.9.1.376 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 10, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/508830/100/0/threaded [Exploit] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508830/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Jan. 14, 2010
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
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approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2009-4492
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
54.86 }} -7.26%
score
0.97734
percentile