{
    "id": "CVE-2009-4496",
    "published": "2010-01-13 20:30:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 23:13:46",
    "cvss_score": "5.0",
    "cvss_severity": "MEDIUM",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N",
    "cwe": "CWE-20",
    "description": "Boa 0.94.14rc21 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.",
    "epss_score": "0.12304",
    "epss_percentile": "0.96057",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-28 18:17:08",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "boa",
            "product": "boa"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "33504",
            "title": "BOA Web Server 0.94.x - Terminal Escape Sequence in Logs Command Injection",
            "date": "2010-01-11",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33504"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041271.html",
        "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041274.html",
        "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041285.html",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/39775",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508830/100/0/threaded",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37718",
        "http://www.ush.it/team/ush/hack_httpd_escape/adv.txt",
        "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1133",
        "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041271.html",
        "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041274.html",
        "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041285.html",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/39775",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508830/100/0/threaded",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37718",
        "http://www.ush.it/team/ush/hack_httpd_escape/adv.txt",
        "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1133"
    ]
}