CVE-2009-2288 EXPLOIT
7.5
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 83.5% (pctl 100)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
statuswml.cgi in Nagios before 3.1.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the (1) ping or (2) Traceroute parameters.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 83.45% — more likely to be exploited than 100% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-78 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2009-07-01 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| nagios | nagios |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Nagios3 - 'statuswml.cgi' 'Ping' Command Execution (Metasploit) | 2010-07-14 |
| exploit-db | Nagios3 - 'statuswml.cgi' Command Injection (Metasploit) | 2009-10-30 |
| exploit-db | Nagios 3.0.6 - 'statuswml.cgi' Arbitrary Shell Command Injection | 2009-05-22 |
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=126996888626964&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35543
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35688
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35692
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39227
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200907-15.xml
- http://tracker.nagios.org/view.php?id=15
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1825
- http://www.nagios.org/development/history/core-3x/
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022503
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-795-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0750
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=126996888626964&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35543
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35688
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35692
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39227
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200907-15.xml
- http://tracker.nagios.org/view.php?id=15
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1825
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