VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2009-4024

CVSS score10 HIGH
EPSS probability6.13%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2009-11-29
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

Argument injection vulnerability in the ping function in Ping.php in the Net_Ping package before 2.4.5 for PEAR allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands via the host parameter. NOTE: this has also been reported as a shell metacharacter problem.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

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