CVE-2009-1669

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-1669
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-05-18 18:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe smarty_function_math function in libs/plugins/function.math.php in Smarty 2.6.22 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the equation attribute of the math function. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 10 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Smarty Smarty 2.6.22 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-791-3: Smarty vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Smarty Template Engine 'function.math.php' Security Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 10 Update: php-Smarty-2.6.25-1.fc10 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
osvdb.org/54380 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 11 Update: php-Smarty-2.6.25-1.fc11 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Fedora update for php-Smarty - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Bitweaver 2.6 - 'saveFeed()' Remote Code Execution - PHP webapps Exploit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com
Smarty "smarty_function_math()" Template Security Bypass - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: php-Smarty-2.6.25-1.fc9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
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