CVE-2009-1171

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.

References

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00079.html

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00077.html

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8297

https://usn.ubuntu.com/791-2/

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34278

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502231/100/0/threaded

http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1761

http://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-18552

http://secunia.com/advisories/35570

http://secunia.com/advisories/34600

http://secunia.com/advisories/34557

http://secunia.com/advisories/34517

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00010.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3