ikiwiki 0.20130926/1.33.3/1.45/1.46 information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in ikiwiki and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2009-2944. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in ikiwiki (Content Management System). Affected is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

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.

The bug was discovered 08/28/2009. The weakness was released 08/30/2009 (Website). The advisory is available at vupen.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2009-2944. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 40951 (Fedora 11 : ikiwiki-3.1415926-1.fc11 (2009-9244)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks.

Upgrading to version 2.00 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (52922), Tenable (40951), SecurityFocus (BID 36181†), OSVDB (57575†) and Secunia (SA36516†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 40951
Nessus Name: Fedora 11 : ikiwiki-3.1415926-1.fc11 (2009-9244)
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OpenVAS ID: 64760
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1875-1 (ikiwiki)
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: ikiwiki 2.00

Timelineinfo

08/23/2009 🔍
08/28/2009 +5 days 🔍
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08/30/2009 +2 days 🔍
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09/14/2009 +13 days 🔍
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03/18/2015 +2011 days 🔍
03/30/2025 +3665 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2009-2944 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-2944
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-49746

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X-Force: 52922
SecurityFocus: 36181 - ikiwiki 'teximg' Plugin Insecure TeX Commands Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Secunia: 36516
OSVDB: 57575 - teximg Plugin for ikiwiki TEX Command Arbitrary File Local Disclosure
Vulnerability Center: 23495 - Ikiwiki \x3C 3.1415926 and 2- 2.53.3 Teximg Plugin Incomplete Blacklist Vulnerability, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 03/30/2025 01:51
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (63), 02/15/2017 09:06 (9), 08/20/2021 18:26 (4), 08/20/2021 18:33 (1), 03/30/2025 01:51 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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