01 Record
CVE-2009-1171
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 "$$" sequence,
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
The TeX filter in Moodle 1.6 before 1.6.9+, 1.7 before 1.7.7+, 1.8 before 1.8.9, and 1.9 before 1.9.5 allows user-assisted attackers to read arbitrary files via an input command in a "$$" sequence,
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 6.23% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 93.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2009-03-30 22:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 05:04Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2009-03-30
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 7df6ddd06ea6634c9cb3145f7593c42b89f31c819ba44b3ee36401be2de33e8f
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- secunia.com34600http://secunia.com/advisories/34600
- www.debian.orgDSA-1761http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1761
- www.exploit-db.com8297https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8297
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-791-2https://usn.ubuntu.com/791-2/
- tracker.moodle.orghttp://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-18552
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2009-3283https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00079.html
- www.securityfocus.com20090327 Moodle: Sensitive File Disclosurehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502231/100/0/threaded
- cvs.moodle.orghttp://cvs.moodle.org/moodle/filter/tex/filter.php?r1=1.18.4.4&r2=1.18.4.5
- secunia.com35570http://secunia.com/advisories/35570
- www.securityfocus.com34278http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34278
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2009-3280https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00077.html
- secunia.com34557http://secunia.com/advisories/34557
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2009:009http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00010.html
- secunia.com34517http://secunia.com/advisories/34517