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CVE-2009-2288

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Description

statuswml.cgi in Nagios before 3.1.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the (1) ping or (2) Traceroute parameters.

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0750

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-795-1

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022503

http://www.nagios.org/development/history/core-3x/

http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1825

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200907-15.xml

http://secunia.com/advisories/39227

http://secunia.com/advisories/35692

http://secunia.com/advisories/35688

http://secunia.com/advisories/35543

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=126996888626964&w=2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2009-07-01

Updated: 2025-04-09

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

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

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.933

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