CVE-2009-1383
The getdirective function in mathtex.cgi in mathTeX, when downloaded before 20090713, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the dpi tag.
02 Description
The getdirective function in mathtex.cgi in mathTeX, when downloaded before 20090713, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the dpi tag.
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
- 2.15% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 82.1% 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
- 2009-07-14 20:16Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 05:13Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2009-04-23
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 7bcd7d299da4e6d05d782358382400e4668ce8017a8c0d65fd2f5784f1df0a78
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.vupen.comADV-2009-1875http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1875
- www.securityfocus.com20090713 [oCERT-2009-010] mimeTeX and mathTeX buffer overflows and commandinjectionhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504919/100/0/threaded
- secunia.com35816http://secunia.com/advisories/35816
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.commathtex-getdirective-command-execution(51795)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51795
- www.ocert.orghttp://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2009-010.html
- groups.google.comhttp://groups.google.com/group/comp.text.tex/browse_thread/thread/5d56d3d744351578
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- mathtex Fixed in 1.03-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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