CVE-2009-4112
Cacti 0.8.7e and earlier allows remote authenticated administrators to gain privileges by modifying the "Data Input Method" for the "Linux…
- 9.0HighCVSS base score
- 11.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 3.9% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Cacti 0.8.7e and earlier allows remote authenticated administrators to gain privileges by modifying the "Data Input Method" for the "Linux - Get Memory Usage" setting to contain arbitrary commands.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Joomla! Component ProofReader 1.0 RC9 - Cross-Site Scripting (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 33377webapps, phppublished 16 Nov 2009Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
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Published
- 15 years later
· 15 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 11.5% · top 3.9% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
10
- 20091126 Cacti 0.8.7e: Multiple security issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20091125 Cacti 0.8.7e: Multiple security issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20091130 Re: CVE Request - Cacti - 0.8.7e (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20091126 Re: CVE Request - Cacti - 0.8.7e (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- cacti-dim-command-execution(54473) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 37137 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2020:0272 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2020:0284 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2020:0558 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2020:0565 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2009-4083 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2009-4112)Record last updated .