CVE-2009-4492 (GCVE-0-2009-4492)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2010-01-13 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 07:01
VLAI
Summary
WEBrick 1.3.1 in Ruby 1.8.6 through patchlevel 383, 1.8.7 through patchlevel 248, 1.8.8dev, 1.9.1 through patchlevel 376, and 1.9.2dev 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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 28/100 over 2358 records in the last 180 days details
References
Date Public
2010-01-10 00:00
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