CVE-2009-1171

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-03-30 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The TeX filter in Moodle 1.6 before 1.6.9+, 1.7 before 1.7.7+, 1.8 before 1.8.9, and 1.9 before 1.9.5 allows user-assisted attackers to read arbitrary files via an input command in a "$$" sequence, which causes LaTeX to include the contents of the file.

Affected products

Moodle: 1.6.0, 1.6.1, 1.6.2, 1.6.3, 1.6.4, 1.6.5 (+21)

References

http://cvs.moodle.org/moodle/filter/tex/filter.php?r1=1.18.4.4&r2=1.18.4.5
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00010.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/34517
http://secunia.com/advisories/34557
http://secunia.com/advisories/34600
http://secunia.com/advisories/35570
http://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-18552
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1761
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502231/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34278
https://usn.ubuntu.com/791-2/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8297

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