CVE-2009-2944
Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in the teximg plugin in ikiwiki before 3.1415926 and 2.x before 2.53.4 allows context-dependent attackers to read arbitrary files via crafted TeX commands.
02 Description
Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in the teximg plugin in ikiwiki before 3.1415926 and 2.x before 2.53.4 allows context-dependent attackers to read arbitrary files via crafted TeX commands.
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
- 1.79% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 78.0% 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
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
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
- 2009-08-31 20:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 06:07Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2009-08-23
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 1546ea8c3c049062996a2362fa9961c4db83e413706039a8f806a8630494a833
05 Affected products
06 References
- osvdb.org57575http://osvdb.org/57575
- ikiwiki.infohttp://ikiwiki.info/security/#index35h2
- secunia.com36516http://secunia.com/advisories/36516
- secunia.com36539http://secunia.com/advisories/36539
- www.debian.orgDSA-1875http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1875
- www.securityfocus.com36181http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36181
- www.vupen.comADV-2009-2475http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2475
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comikiwiki-teximg-info-disclosure(52922)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52922
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- ikiwiki Fixed in 3.1415926
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- ikiwiki Fixed in 3.1415926
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- ikiwiki Fixed in 3.1415926
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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