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Vulnerability record · CVE-2009-4273 · published 26 January 2010

CVE-2009-4273: Systemtap code injection vulnerability

Systemtap · Systemtap

stap-server in SystemTap before 1.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in stap command-line arguments in a request.

10.0 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 18% · top 2.9% CWE-94 · Code injection
10.0CVSS 2.0 base score
18%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
36References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

stap-server in SystemTap before 1.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in stap command-line arguments in a request.

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://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035201.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035261.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-January/034036.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-January/034041.html Patch
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/scm-commits/2010-February/394714.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-04/msg00006.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/38154 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38216 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38765
http://secunia.com/advisories/39656
http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11105
http://sourceware.org/ml/systemtap/2010-q1/msg00142.html
http://sourceware.org/systemtap/ftp/releases/systemtap-1.1.tar.gz Patch
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0124.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0169 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1001
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=550172
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11417
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035201.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035261.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-January/034036.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-January/034041.html Patch
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/scm-commits/2010-February/394714.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-04/msg00006.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/38154 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38216 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38765
http://secunia.com/advisories/39656
http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11105
http://sourceware.org/ml/systemtap/2010-q1/msg00142.html
http://sourceware.org/systemtap/ftp/releases/systemtap-1.1.tar.gz Patch
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0124.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0169 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1001
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=550172
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11417

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2009-4273), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.