CVE-2009-4611

Exp

Mort Bay Jetty 6.x through 6.1.22 and 7.0.0 writes backtrace data 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, related to (1) a string value in the Age parameter to the default URI for the Cookie Dump Servlet in test-jetty-webapp/src/main/java/com/acme/CookieDump.java under cookie/, (2) an alphabetic value in the A parameter to jsp/expr.jsp, or (3) an alphabetic value in the Content-Length HTTP header to an arbitrary application.

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-2009-4611 is rated High Exploit Risk (77.4/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.16%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.21% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2009-4611

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-4611

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 0.95% 3.16% +2.21%
2 2025-09-21 0.66% 0.95% +0.28%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.66% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-4611

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-4611

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2009-4611

GHSA-6jxp-7g74-2rc3 · Severity: high · Ecosystem: maven — Improper input validation in Mort Bay Jetty

OS Trackers for CVE-2009-4611

vendor priority summary link
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-4611
ubuntu negligible CVE-2009-4611 negligible priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (jetty), 10 status rows across 10 suites (dapper, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, upstream): ignored 5, not-affected 4, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-4611

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-4611

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mortbay jetty 6.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.0.0:alpha0:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.0.0:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.0.0:alpha2:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.0.0:alpha3:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.0.0:beta0:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.0.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.0.0:beta10:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.0.0:beta11:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.0.0:beta12:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.0.0:beta14:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.0.0:beta15:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.0.0:beta16:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.0.0:beta17:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.0.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.0.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.0.0:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.0.0:beta5:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.0.0:beta6:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.0.0:beta7:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.0.0:beta8:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.0.0:beta9:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.0.0:betax:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.0.0:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.0.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.0.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.0.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.0:pre0:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.0:pre1:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.0:pre2:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.0:pre3:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.0:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.1:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.2:pre0:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.2:pre1:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.2:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.2:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.2:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.2:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.2:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.2:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.4 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.4 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.4:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.4 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.4:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.5 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.5 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.5:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.6 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.6 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.6:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.6 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.6:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.7 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.8 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.9 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.10 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.11 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.12 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.12 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.12:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.12 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.12:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.12 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.12:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.12 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.12:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.12 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.12:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.14 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.15 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.15 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.15:pre0:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.15 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.15:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.15 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.15:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.15 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.15:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.15 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.15:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.16 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.19 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mortbay jetty 6.1.20 cpe:2.3:a:mortbay:jetty:6.1.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-4611

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