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Vulnerability record · CVE-2009-4025 · published 29 November 2009

CVE-2009-4025: Pear os command injection vulnerability

Pear · Pear

Argument injection vulnerability in the traceroute function in Traceroute.php in the Net_Traceroute package before 0.21.2 for PEAR allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands via the host parameter. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

10.0 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 6.1% · top 6.8% CWE-78 · OS command injection
10.0CVSS 2.0 base score
6.1%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
28References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Argument injection vulnerability in the traceroute function in Traceroute.php in the Net_Traceroute package before 0.21.2 for PEAR allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands via the host parameter. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

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/ PatchVendor Advisory
http://osvdb.org/60515
http://pear.php.net/advisory20091114-01.txt Vendor Advisory
http://pear.php.net/package/Net_Traceroute/download/0.21.2 Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/37497
http://secunia.com/advisories/37503
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-06.xml
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/23/8
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37094
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3321 PatchVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54391
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg00998.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg01007.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg01110.html
http://blog.pear.php.net/2009/11/14/net_traceroute-and-net_ping-security-advisory/ PatchVendor Advisory
http://osvdb.org/60515
http://pear.php.net/advisory20091114-01.txt Vendor Advisory
http://pear.php.net/package/Net_Traceroute/download/0.21.2 Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/37497
http://secunia.com/advisories/37503
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-06.xml
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/23/8
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37094
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3321 PatchVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54391
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg00998.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg01007.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg01110.html

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2009-4025), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.