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Fencer Vulns
critical 10.0

CVE-2009-4273 in the critical feed json

stap-server in SystemTap before 1.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in stap command-line arg…

published 2010-01-26 16 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-4241

cvss
10.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
17.7%
EPSS 17.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • systemtap Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2009-4273

  • systemtap RHEL 5 0.9.7-5.el5_4.3
  • systemtap-client RHEL 5 0.9.7-5.el5_4.3
  • systemtap-server RHEL 5 0.9.7-5.el5_4.3
  • systemtap-runtime RHEL 5 0.9.7-5.el5_4.3
  • systemtap-testsuite RHEL 5 0.9.7-5.el5_4.3
  • systemtap-initscript RHEL 5 0.9.7-5.el5_4.3

red hat advisories RHSA-2010:0124

  • systemtap openSUSE Tumbleweed 3.0-1.6

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10506-1

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-2009-4273 updated cvss 7.9

systemtap: remote code execution via stap-server

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) systemtap 0.9.7-5.el5_4.3, systemtap-client 0.9.7-5.el5_4.3, systemtap-server 0.9.7-5.el5_4.3, systemtap-runtime 0.9.7-5.el5_4.3, systemtap-testsuite 0.9.7-5.el5_4.3, systemtap-initscript 0.9.7-5.el5_4.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) systemtap 0.9.7-5.el5_4.3, systemtap-client 0.9.7-5.el5_4.3, systemtap-server 0.9.7-5.el5_4.3, systemtap-runtime 0.9.7-5.el5_4.3, systemtap-testsuite 0.9.7-5.el5_4.3, systemtap-initscript 0.9.7-5.el5_4.3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0124

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-33535)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

17.72% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-33535 SystemTap 1.0 - 'stat-server' Arbitrary Command Injection remote, 2010-01-15

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.