6.3 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
6.8 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.007 Low
EPSS
Percentile
79.5%
nginx is prone to a command-injection vulnerability
because it fails to adequately sanitize user-supplied input in log files.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2010 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:nginx:nginx";
if (description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.100441");
script_version("2023-07-28T16:09:07+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-07-28 16:09:07 +0000 (Fri, 28 Jul 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2010-01-13 11:20:27 +0100 (Wed, 13 Jan 2010)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2009-4487");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.8");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_name("nginx Terminal Escape Sequence in Logs Command Injection Vulnerability");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37711");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508830");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family("Web Servers");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2010 Greenbone AG");
script_dependencies("gb_nginx_consolidation.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("nginx/detected");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"nginx is prone to a command-injection vulnerability
because it fails to adequately sanitize user-supplied input in log files.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Attackers can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary commands in a terminal.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"This issue affects nginx 0.7.64, other versions may also be affected.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"WillNotFix");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"No known solution was made available for at least one year since the
disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution options are to upgrade
to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one.");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if( isnull( port = get_app_port( cpe: CPE ) ) )
exit( 0 );
if( ! infos = get_app_version_and_location( cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE ) )
exit( 0 );
version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];
if( version_is_equal( version: version, test_version:"0.7.64" ) ) {
report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version: version, fixed_version: "None", install_path: location );
security_message( port: port, data: report );
exit( 0 );
}
exit( 99 );