MEDIUM
ikiwiki: arbitrary file read via crafted TeX commands
Published Aug 31, 2009
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.80%
Description
Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in the teximg plugin in ikiwiki before 3.1415926 and 2.x before 2.53.4 allows context-dependent attackers to read arbitrary files via crafted TeX commands.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- ≤ 3.141592
- 2.0
- 2.00
- 2.1
- 2.2
- 2.3
- 2.4
- 2.5
- 2.6
- 2.6.1
- 2.7
- 2.8
- 2.9
- 2.10
- 2.11
- 2.12
- 2.13
- 2.14
- 2.15
- 2.16
- 2.17
- 2.18
- 2.19
- 2.20
- 2.30
- 2.31
- 2.31.1
- 2.31.2
- 2.31.3
- 2.40
- 2.41
- 2.42
- 2.43
- 2.44
- 2.45
- 2.46
- 2.47
- 2.48
- 2.49
- 2.50
- 2.51
- 2.52
- 2.53
- 2.54
- 2.55
- 2.56
- 2.60
- 2.61
- 2.62
- 2.62.1
- 2.63
- 2.64
- 2.65
- 2.66
- 2.67
- 2.68
- 2.69
- 2.70
- 2.71
- 2.72
- 3.0
- 3.00
- 3.01
- 3.02
- 3.03
- 3.04
- 3.06
- 3.07
- 3.08
- 3.09
- 3.10
- 3.11
- 3.12
- 3.13
- 3.14
- 3.141
- 3.1415
- 3.14159
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.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
1.80% 0.01799
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01799
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 (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1.80% (0.01799) | 77.73th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.80% (0.01799) | 75.56th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.54% (0.00537) | 65.49th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.52% (0.00520) | 77.57th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.52% (0.00522) | 76.17th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.52% (0.00522) | 73.27th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.18% (0.01183) | 61.76th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Oct 19, 2022 | 1.18% (0.01183) | 60.79th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.18% (0.01183) | 58.77th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.18% (0.01183) | 35.15th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (12)
- http://ikiwiki.info/security/#index35h2 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://osvdb.org/57575 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36516 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36539 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1875 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36181 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2475 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENPatchVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-2944 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=520543 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52922 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2944
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-2944
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://ikiwiki.info/security/#index35h2 | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://osvdb.org/57575 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/36516 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/36539 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1875 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36181 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2475 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENPatchVendor Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-2944 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=520543 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52922 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2944 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-2944 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Aug 31, 2009
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Aug 23, 2009
Link CVE-2009-2944
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a