Vulnerability CVE-2009-1383
Published: 2009-07-14   Modified: 2012-02-13

Description:
The getdirective function in mathtex.cgi in mathTeX, when downloaded before 20090713, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the dpi tag.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
High
mimeTeX and mathTeX buffer overflows and commandinjection
Andrea Barisani
17.07.2009

Type:

CWE-94

 (Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection'))

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Forkosh -> Mathtex 

 References:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.text.tex/browse_thread/thread/5d56d3d744351578
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2009-010.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504919/100/0/threaded
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1875
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51795
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