CVE-2009-4487

mediumpriority · attend · 47EPSS 0.295 · 98 %ileexploit · functionalEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · functional

Likely / severe?

29.5% (98th) EPSS

CVSS 6.8 · medium

Is it mine?

2 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

nginx 0.7.64 writes data to a log file without sanitizing non-printable characters, which might allow remote attackers to modify a window's title, or possibly execute arbitrary commands or overwrite files, via an HTTP request containing an escape sequence for a terminal emulator.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.06.8mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 6.4

v2.06.1mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POCsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-116USLLM-inferredCWE-78USLLM-inferred

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-33490Nginx 0.7.64 - Terminal Escape Sequence in Logs Command Injectionfunctional · exploit_db

affected products (2)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
f5 nginx= 0.7.64nvdUScpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (2)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2010-01-13modified 2026-06-16

references (6)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508830/100/0/threaded enisa_euvd
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37711 enisa_euvd
http://www.ush.it/team/ush/hack_httpd_escape/adv.txt enisa_euvd
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508830/100/0/threadedBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37711Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd
http://www.ush.it/team/ush/hack_httpd_escape/adv.txtExploitPatchThird Party Advisorynvd

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