CVE-2009-4490 — Vulnetix

CVE-2009-4490 PUBLISHED

mini_httpd 1.19 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.

EPSS 4.11% · 88.8th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

4.11%

88.8th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS	mini-httpd	0, 1.30-2
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS	mini-httpd	1.30-3, 0, 1.30-7
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS	mini-httpd	0, 1.19-9.3, *
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS	mini-httpd	1.19-9.3, 1.23-1, 0
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS	mini-httpd	1.23-1.2build1, 0, 1.23-1.2
Ubuntu:25.10	mini-httpd	0, 1.30-13, 1.30-12
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS	mini-httpd	0, 1.30-2build1, 1.30-2

Exploit Intelligence

20100110 Nginx, Varnish, Cherokee, thttpd, mini-httpd, WEBrick, Orion, AOLserver, Yaws and Boa log escape sequence injection (circl)
http://www.ush.it/team/ush/hack_httpd_escape/adv.txt (vulncheck-nvd)

Timeline

Jan 13, 2010 CVE Published
Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
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References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-4490 third-party-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-4490 third-party-advisory

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