CVE-2009-1195

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-05-28 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-16

Description

The Apache HTTP Server 2.2.11 and earlier 2.2 versions does not properly handle Options=IncludesNOEXEC in the AllowOverride directive, which allows local users to gain privileges by configuring (1) Options Includes, (2) Options +Includes, or (3) Options +IncludesNOEXEC in a .htaccess file, and then inserting an exec element in a .shtml file.

Affected products

Apache HTTP Server: 2.2.0, 2.2.1, 2.2.2, 2.2.3, 2.2.4, 2.2.7 (+3)

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00000.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00006.html
http://marc.info/?l=apache-httpd-dev&m=124048996106302&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=129190899612998&w=2
http://osvdb.org/54733
http://secunia.com/advisories/35261
http://secunia.com/advisories/35264
http://secunia.com/advisories/35395
http://secunia.com/advisories/35453
http://secunia.com/advisories/35721
http://secunia.com/advisories/37152
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200907-04.xml

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