CVE-2009-4025

Summary

CVECVE-2009-4025
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-11-29 13:07:35 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionArgument injection vulnerability in the traceroute function in Traceroute.php in the Net_Traceroute package before 0.21.2 for PEAR allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands via the host parameter. 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-78 | 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 Pear Pear 0.11 All All All
Application Pear Pear 0.20 All All All
Application Pear Pear 0.21 All All All
Application Pear Pear All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
PEAR Net_Traceroute 'traceroute()' Function Arbitrary Argument Injection Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Error 404 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 pear.php.net Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
osvdb.org/60515 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
Net_Traceroute :: 0.21.2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 pear.php.net Patch
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 11 Update: php-pear-Net-Traceroute-0.21.2-1.fc11 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 12 Update: php-pear-Net-Traceroute-0.21.2-1.fc12 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
PEAR Blog » Blog Archive » Net_Traceroute and Net_Ping security advisory af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 blog.pear.php.net Patch, Vendor Advisory
Gentoo update for PEAR-Net_Traceroute - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Fedora update for php-pear-Net-Traceroute - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
oss-security - CVE request: Argument injections in multiple PEAR packages af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 10 Update: php-pear-Net-Traceroute-0.21.2-1.fc10 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- PEAR Net_Traceroute: Command injection af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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