CVE-2009-4489

Exp

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.

Published: 2010-01-13 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2009-4489 is rated High Exploit Risk (67.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 8.61%, 93th percentile). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2009-4489

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
33501 exploit_db edb 2010-01-11 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-4489

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 2026-05-14 8.29% 8.61% +0.32%
2 2025-05-04 7.87% 8.29% +0.43%
3 2025-03-30 — 7.87% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-4489

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-4489

OS Trackers for CVE-2009-4489

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu negligible CVE-2009-4489 negligible priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (cherokee), 21 status rows across 21 suites (dapper, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 10, ignored 10, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-4489

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-4489

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cherokee-project cherokee <= 0.99.31 cpe:2.3:a:cherokee-project:cherokee:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-4489

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