CVE-2009-4273
stap-server in SystemTap before 1.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in stap command-line…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 17.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 2.8% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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.
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
- SystemTap 1.0 - 'stat-server' Arbitrary Command Injection (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 33535remote, linuxpublished 15 Jan 2010Verified
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Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 47 days later
· 47 days later
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 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 17.7% · top 2.8% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
18
- FEDORA-2010-1373 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11417 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 38154 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2010-0671 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2010-0688 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://sourceware.org/systemtap/ftp/releases/systemtap-1.1.tar.gz (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 39656 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=550172 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 38216 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [scm-commits] 20100215 rpms/systemtap/devel systemtap-1.1-tighten-server-params.patch, NONE, 1.1 systemtap.spec, 1.59, 1.60 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- ADV-2010-0169 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2010:010 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- [systemtap] 20100115 SystemTap release 1.1 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11105 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2010:0124 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 38765 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2010-1720 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- ADV-2010-1001 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_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-2009-4241 (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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