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
Published Nov 28, 2009
10.0
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 6.13%
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.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 2.4.4
- 0.1
- 1.0
- 1.0.1
- 2.1
- 2.2
- 2.3
- 2.4
- 2.4.1
- 2.4.2
- 2.4.3
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:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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 1, 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 (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 6.13% (0.06133) | 93.23th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 6.13% (0.06133) | 92.51th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.81% (0.02811) | 84.88th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 5.03% (0.05031) | 82.54th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 2.81% (0.02811) | 84.57th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 4.53% (0.04527) | 88.42th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.12% (0.01117) | 85.22th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 10, 2024 | 1.12% (0.01117) | 84.33th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.12% (0.01117) | 82.33th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 85.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 84.01th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 67.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (13)
- http://blog.pear.php.net/2009/11/14/net_traceroute-and-net_ping-security-advisory/ x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://pear.php.net/advisory20091114-01.txt x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://pear.php.net/package/Net_Ping/download/2.4.5 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37451 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37502 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://svn.php.net/viewvc/pear/packages/Net_Ping/trunk/Ping.php?r1=274728&r2=290669&pathrev=290669 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1949 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37093 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3320 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENPatchVendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54390 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg01044.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg01130.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg01152.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Change history (0)
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