CVE-2009-1383

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-07-14 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-94

Description

The getdirective function in mathtex.cgi in mathTeX, when downloaded before 20090713, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the dpi tag.

Affected products

Forkosh Mathtex: all versions

References

http://groups.google.com/group/comp.text.tex/browse_thread/thread/5d56d3d744351578
http://secunia.com/advisories/35816
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2009-010.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504919/100/0/threaded
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1875
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51795
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.text.tex/browse_thread/thread/5d56d3d744351578
http://secunia.com/advisories/35816
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2009-010.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504919/100/0/threaded
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1875
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51795

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