CVEvulnerability
CVE-2009-1383
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2009-07-14
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-94
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.
Affected configurations
• forkosh mathtex
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code weakness
References
- http://groups.google.com/group/comp.text.tex/browse_thread/thread/5d56d3d744351578 groups.google.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35816 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2009-010.html www.ocert.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504919/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1875 Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51795 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://groups.google.com/group/comp.text.tex/browse_thread/thread/5d56d3d744351578 groups.google.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35816 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2009-010.html www.ocert.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504919/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1875 Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51795 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com