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critical 9.0

CVE-2009-4112 in the critical feed json

Cacti 0.8.7e and earlier allows remote authenticated administrators to gain privileges by modifying the "Data Input Method" for the "Linux…

published 2009-11-30 16 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-4083

cvss
9.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
11.5%
EPSS 11.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • cacti Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.2.1+ds1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2009-4112

  • cacti openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.2.18-1.2
  • cacti-spine Package Hub 15 SP1 1.2.11-bp151.4.6.1
  • cacti Package Hub 15 SP1 1.2.11-bp151.4.6.1
  • cacti-spine Package Hub 12, openSUSE Leap 15.1 1.2.11-2.1
  • cacti Package Hub 12, openSUSE Leap 15.1 1.2.11-5.1
  • cacti-spine Package Hub 15 SP1 1.2.9-bp151.4.3.1
  • cacti Package Hub 15 SP1 1.2.9-bp151.4.3.1
  • cacti-spine openSUSE Leap 15.1 1.2.9-lp151.3.3.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10670-1openSUSE-SU-2020:0565-1openSUSE-SU-2020:0558-1openSUSE-SU-2020:0284-1openSUSE-SU-2020:0272-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2009-4112 updated cvss 3.6

Cacti: Privilege escalation under certain conditions

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-33377)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

11.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-33377 Joomla! Component ProofReader 1.0 RC9 - Cross-Site Scripting webapps, 2009-11-16
  • archives.neohapsis.com http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-11/0292.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37137 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 9.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

Sources

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