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CVE-2009-4015

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-4015 describes a command injection vulnerability in Lintian versions 1.23.x through 1.23.28, 1.24.x through 1.24.2.1, and 2.x before 2.3.2, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands through shell metacharacters in filename arguments. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered highly severe due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant media coverage, though it has received minimal community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.23.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:debian:lintian:1.23.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.23.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:debian:lintian:1.23.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.23.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:debian:lintian:1.23.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.23.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:debian:lintian:1.23.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.23.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:debian:lintian:1.23.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.90%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0390 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

debianvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

git.debian.org
git.debian.org
packages.debian.org / changelogs/pool/main/l/lintian/lintian_2.3.2/changelog
packages.qa.debian.org / l/lintian/news/20100128T015554Z.html
secunia.com / advisories/38375
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/38379
Vendor Advisory
debian.org / security/2010/dsa-1979
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/37975
Patch
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-891-1