PT-2009-3730 · Moodle · Moodle

Christian J. Eibl · Published 2009-03-30 · Updated 2020-12-01 · CVE-2009-1171

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Moodle versions 1.6 through 1.6.8, 1.7 through 1.7.6, 1.8 through 1.8.8, 1.9 through 1.9.4

Description The issue allows user-assisted attackers to read arbitrary files via an input command in a "$$" sequence, which causes LaTeX to include the contents of the file. This is related to the TeX filter in Moodle.

Recommendations For Moodle versions 1.6 through 1.6.8, update to version 1.6.9 or later. For Moodle versions 1.7 through 1.7.6, update to version 1.7.7 or later. For Moodle versions 1.8 through 1.8.8, update to version 1.8.9 or later. For Moodle versions 1.9 through 1.9.4, update to version 1.9.5 or later.

Exploit

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-1171

DSA-1761-1

Affected Products

Moodle

References · 16

• 🔥 http://cvs.moodle.org/moodle/filter/tex/filter.php?r1=1.18.4.4&r2=1.18.4.5 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/8297 · Exploit
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/791-2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00079.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1171 · Security Note
• http://debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1761 · Vendor Advisory
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00077.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00010.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34557 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34517 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/35570 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1171 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/502231/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-18552 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/34278 · Note