CVE-2009-1171

high

Description

The TeX filter in Moodle 1.6 before 1.6.9+, 1.7 before 1.7.7+, 1.8 before 1.8.9, and 1.9 before 1.9.5 allows user-assisted attackers to read arbitrary files via an input command in a "$$" sequence, which causes LaTeX to include the contents of the file.

References

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00079.html

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00077.html

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8297

https://usn.ubuntu.com/791-2/

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2009-1171

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34278

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502231/100/0/threaded

http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1761

http://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-18552

http://secunia.com/advisories/35570

http://secunia.com/advisories/34600

http://secunia.com/advisories/34557

http://secunia.com/advisories/34517

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00010.html

http://cvs.moodle.org/moodle/filter/tex/filter.php?r1=1.18.4.4&r2=1.18.4.5

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2009-03-30

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.06237