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Medium
CVE-2009-1171
The TeX filter in Moodle 1.6 before 1.6.9+, 1.7 before...
Vulnerability Description
The TeX filter in Moodle 1.6 before 1.6.9+, 1.7 before 1.7.7+, 1.8 before 1.8.9, and 1.9 before 1.9.5 allows user-assisted attackers to read arbitrary files via an input command in a "$$" sequence, which causes LaTeX to include the contents of the file.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34600
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1761
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8297
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/791-2/
- http://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-18552
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00079.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502231/100/0/threaded
- http://cvs.moodle.org/moodle/filter/tex/filter.php?r1=1.18.4.4&r2=1.18.4.5
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35570
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34278
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00077.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34557
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00010.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34517
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Affected Vendor
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Vulnerable Versions:
1.6.0, 1.6.1, 1.6.2, 1.6.3, 1.6.4, 1.6.5, 1.6.6, 1.6.7, 1.6.8, 1.7.1, 1.7.2, 1.7.3, 1.7.4, 1.7.5, 1.7.6, 1.8.1, 1.8.2, 1.8.3, 1.8.4, 1.8.5, 1.8.6, 1.8.7, 1.8.8, 1.9.1, 1.9.2, 1.9.3, 1.9.4
Timeline
Official Publish:
March 30th, 2009
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.