moodle: file disclosure flaw in TeX filter
Published Mar 30, 2009
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 6.24%
Description
The TeX filter in Moodle 1.6 before 1.6.9+, 1.7 before 1.7.7+, 1.8 before 1.8.9, and 1.9 before 1.9.5 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.
Affected products
No data.
- 1.6.0
- 1.6.1
- 1.6.2
- 1.6.3
- 1.6.4
- 1.6.5
- 1.6.6
- 1.6.7
- 1.6.8
- 1.7.1
- 1.7.2
- 1.7.3
- 1.7.4
- 1.7.5
- 1.7.6
- 1.8.1
- 1.8.2
- 1.8.3
- 1.8.4
- 1.8.5
- 1.8.6
- 1.8.7
- 1.8.8
- 1.9.1
- 1.9.2
- 1.9.3
- 1.9.4
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (16 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 6.24% (0.06237) | 93.34th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 6.24% (0.06237) | 92.62th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Feb 4, 2026 | 9.25% (0.09247) | 92.52th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| May 28, 2025 | 6.31% (0.06307) | 90.44th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 7.40% (0.07403) | 90.89th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 13.23% (0.13225) | 90.21th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 7.40% (0.07403) | 90.63th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 5.59% (0.05592) | 89.62th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.34% (0.02336) | 90.14th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 3, 2023 | 2.16% (0.02159) | 87.75th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 18, 2023 | 2.06% (0.02057) | 87.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 2, 2023 | 2.34% (0.02339) | 88.09th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.71% (0.02707) | 88.83th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 12.57% (0.12567) | 95.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 12.57% (0.12567) | 95.18th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 12.57% (0.12567) | 90.03th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (18)
- http://cvs.moodle.org/moodle/filter/tex/filter.php?r1=1.18.4.4&r2=1.18.4.5 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00010.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34517 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34557 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34600 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35570 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-18552 x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1761 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502231/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34278 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-1171 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=493109 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1171
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/791-2/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1171
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8297 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00077.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00079.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
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