CVE-2009-4489

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 9.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2010-01-13 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

header.c in Cherokee before 0.99.32 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

Cherokee-Project Cherokee: through 0.99.31

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/37933
http://svn.cherokee-project.com/changeset/3944
http://svn.cherokee-project.com/changeset/3977
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508830/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37715
http://www.ush.it/team/ush/hack_httpd_escape/adv.txt
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0090
http://secunia.com/advisories/37933
http://svn.cherokee-project.com/changeset/3944
http://svn.cherokee-project.com/changeset/3977
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508830/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37715

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