CVE-2009-4489
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 9.8%EU EUVD
header.c in Cherokee before 0.99.32 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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 9.8% (96th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-4456)
- Published
- January 13, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-4456 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- cherokee-project / cherokee
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37933(Vendor Advisory)
- http://svn.cherokee-project.com/changeset/3944
- http://svn.cherokee-project.com/changeset/3977
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508830/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37715(Exploit, Patch)
- http://www.ush.it/team/ush/hack_httpd_escape/adv.txt(Exploit)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0090
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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