CVEvulnerability
CVE-2009-4487
6.8 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2010-01-13
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Description
nginx 0.7.64 writes data to a log file without sanitizing non-printable characters, which might allow remote attackers to modify a window's title, or possibly execute arbitrary commands or overwrite files, via an HTTP request containing an escape sequence for a terminal emulator.
Affected configurations
• f5 nginx 0.7.64
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508830/100/0/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37711 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ush.it/team/ush/hack_httpd_escape/adv.txt Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508830/100/0/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37711 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ush.it/team/ush/hack_httpd_escape/adv.txt Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory