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CVE-2009-4611

Published: Jan 13, 2010Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-20
7.5HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
3.2%
Top 13.3%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
2 Known
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

Mort Bay Jetty 6.x through 6.1.22 and 7.0.0 writes backtrace data 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, related to (1) a string value in the Age parameter to the default URI for the Cookie Dump Servlet in test-jetty-webapp/src/main/java/com/acme/CookieDump.java under cookie/, (2) an alphabetic value in the A parameter to jsp/expr.jsp, or (3) an alphabetic value in the Content-Length HTTP header to an arbitrary application.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:PI:PA:P
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:PConfidentiality
Partial
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

CWE-20

Affected Products

Maven
package-ecosystem
org.mortbay.jetty:jetty
OSS Libraries
mortbay
oss-projectaka jetty (mortbay legacy)
jettyOn-premWeb App
Networking Infrastructure / load-balancer-proxy
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Exploitability

2 exploit sources identified

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MITRE ATT&CK

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References

http://www.ush.it/team/ush/hack-jetty6x7x/jetty-adv.txt
ush.it
http://www.ush.it/team/ush/hack_httpd_escape/adv.txt
ush.it
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508830/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com
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