CVEvulnerability

CVE-2009-4495

5.0 MEDIUM Published 2010-01-13 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2010-01-13
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-20

Description

Yaws 1.85 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

• yaws yaws 1.85

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References