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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-1669

Original release date:05/18/2009
Last revised:07/02/2009
Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

The 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.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
CVSS v2 Base Score:10.0 (HIGH) (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) (legend)
Impact Subscore: 10.0
Exploitability Subscore: 10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service

Per http://secunia.com/advisories/35072 "The vulnerability is confirmed in version 2.6.22 on Windows. Other versions may also be affected."

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External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2009-5520
Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01287.html
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2009-5516
Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01283.html
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2009-5525
Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01274.html
External Source: XF
Name: smarty-smartyfunctionmath-cmd-execution(50457)
Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/50457
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-791-3
Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-791-3
External Source: BID
Name: 34918
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34918
External Source: MILW0RM
Name: 8659
Hyperlink:http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/8659
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 35219
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/35219
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 35072
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/35072
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 54380
Hyperlink:http://osvdb.org/54380

Vulnerable software and versions

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Technical Details

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CVE Standard Vulnerability Entry:http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1669