Name: CVE-2009-4024: Improper Control of Generation of Code
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2009-11-28T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2009-4024, CWE-94, CVSS 9.8, EPSS 0.02811

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.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 9.8

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Freebsd	—	Upgrade pear-Net_TracerouteUpgrade pear-Net_Ping	Dec 10, 2025	Jan 4, 2010
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade php-net-ping	Nov 19, 2024	Nov 29, 2009

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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