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CVE-2009-4024

Published: Nov 28, 2009Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-94
NVD MITRE
10.0CVSSCRITICAL
EPSS Score
6.1%
Top 7.5%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Argument injection vulnerability in the ping function in Ping.php in the Net_Ping package before 2.4.5 for PEAR allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands via the host parameter. NOTE: this has also been reported as a shell metacharacter problem.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:CI:CA:C
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:CConfidentiality
Complete
I:CIntegrity
Complete
A:CAvailability
Complete
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Weaknesses

CWE-94

Affected Products

n/an/a
pearpear
Library
OSS Libraries / web-framework
peaross-projectOSS Librariesaka pearweb, pear (php)

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Execution
Initial Access
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References

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg01152.html
redhat.com
http://pear.php.net/package/Net_Ping/download/2.4.5
pear.php.net
http://svn.php.net/viewvc/pear/packages/Net_Ping/trunk/Ping.php?r1=274728&r2=290669&pathrev=290669
svn.php.net
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Timeline

Published
Nov 28, 2009
Last Updated
Apr 23, 2026

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