CVE-2009-1171

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-1171
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-03-30 22:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Moodle Moodle 1.6.0 All All All
Application Moodle Moodle 1.6.1 All All All
Application Moodle Moodle 1.6.2 All All All
Application Moodle Moodle 1.6.3 All All All
Application Moodle Moodle 1.6.4 All All All
Application Moodle Moodle 1.6.5 All All All
Application Moodle Moodle 1.6.6 All All All
Application Moodle Moodle 1.6.7 All All All
Application Moodle Moodle 1.6.8 All All All
Application Moodle Moodle 1.7.1 All All All
Application Moodle Moodle 1.7.2 All All All
Application Moodle Moodle 1.7.3 All All All
Application Moodle Moodle 1.7.4 All All All
Application Moodle Moodle 1.7.5 All All All
Application Moodle Moodle 1.7.6 All All All
Application Moodle Moodle 1.8.1 All All All
Application Moodle Moodle 1.8.2 All All All
Application Moodle Moodle 1.8.3 All All All
Application Moodle Moodle 1.8.4 All All All
Application Moodle Moodle 1.8.5 All All All
Application Moodle Moodle 1.8.6 All All All
Application Moodle Moodle 1.8.7 All All All
Application Moodle Moodle 1.8.8 All All All
Application Moodle Moodle 1.9.1 All All All
Application Moodle Moodle 1.9.2 All All All
Application Moodle Moodle 1.9.3 All All All
Application Moodle Moodle 1.9.4 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-791-2: Moodle vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 usn.ubuntu.com
[moodle] Diff of /moodle/filter/tex/filter.php af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 cvs.moodle.org Exploit
Moodle < 1.6.9/1.7.7/1.8.9/1.9.5 File Disclosure Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com
Debian update for moodle - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: moodle-1.9.4-6.fc9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Moodle TeX Notation Filter Information Disclosure - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Ubuntu update for moodle - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Fedora update for moodle - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Login Required - Moodle Tracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 tracker.moodle.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 10 Update: moodle-1.9.4-6.fc10 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2009:009 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Moodle TeX Filter Remote File Disclosure Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1761-1 moodle af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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