CVE-2009-4487

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 29.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2010-01-13 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

nginx 0.7.64 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.

Affected products

nginx: 0.7.64

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508830/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37711
http://www.ush.it/team/ush/hack_httpd_escape/adv.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508830/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37711
http://www.ush.it/team/ush/hack_httpd_escape/adv.txt

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