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Vulnerability record · CVE-2009-4024 · published 29 November 2009

CVE-2009-4024: Pear code injection vulnerability

Pear · Pear

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.

10.0 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 6.1% · top 6.8% CWE-94 · Code injection
10.0CVSS 2.0 base score
6.1%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
26References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://blog.pear.php.net/2009/11/14/net_traceroute-and-net_ping-security-advisory/ Patch
http://pear.php.net/advisory20091114-01.txt Vendor Advisory
http://pear.php.net/package/Net_Ping/download/2.4.5 PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37451 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37502
http://svn.php.net/viewvc/pear/packages/Net_Ping/trunk/Ping.php?r1=274728&r2=290669&pathrev=290669
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1949
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37093
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3320 PatchVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54390
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg01044.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg01130.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg01152.html
http://blog.pear.php.net/2009/11/14/net_traceroute-and-net_ping-security-advisory/ Patch
http://pear.php.net/advisory20091114-01.txt Vendor Advisory
http://pear.php.net/package/Net_Ping/download/2.4.5 PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37451 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37502
http://svn.php.net/viewvc/pear/packages/Net_Ping/trunk/Ping.php?r1=274728&r2=290669&pathrev=290669
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1949
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37093
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3320 PatchVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54390
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg01044.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg01130.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg01152.html

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2009-4024), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.