CVE-2009-4025

Argument 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.

Published: 2009-11-29 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-4025 is rated High Risk (72.7/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 6.15%, 93th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-4025

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 5.80% 6.15% +0.35%
2 2025-03-30 6.17% 5.80% -0.37%
3 2025-03-29 6.17%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-4025

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-4025

OS Trackers for CVE-2009-4025

vendor priority summary link
gentoo high CVE-2009-4025: 1 GLSA(s) (200911-06), 1 atom(s) (dev-php/PEAR-Net_Traceroute); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2009-4025

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-4025

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
pear pear <= 0.21.1 cpe:2.3:a:pear:pear:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pear pear 0.11 cpe:2.3:a:pear:pear:0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pear pear 0.20 cpe:2.3:a:pear:pear:0.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pear pear 0.21 cpe:2.3:a:pear:pear:0.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-4025

URL Tags
http://blog.pear.php.net/2009/11/14/net_traceroute-and-net_ping-security-advisory/ Patch Vendor Advisory
http://osvdb.org/60515
http://pear.php.net/advisory20091114-01.txt Vendor Advisory
http://pear.php.net/package/Net_Traceroute/download/0.21.2 Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/37497
http://secunia.com/advisories/37503
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-06.xml
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/23/8
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37094
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3321 Patch Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54391
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg00998.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg01007.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg01110.html
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