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CVE-2009-4024

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-4024 describes an argument injection vulnerability in the ping function of the Net_Ping package for PEAR, specifically in Ping.php, affecting versions prior to 2.4.5. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands by manipulating the host parameter. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is critical, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring no authentication, and leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, and it has received no significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.4.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pear:pear:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pear:pear:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pear:pear:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pear:pear:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pear:pear:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

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

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.13%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0613 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

blog.pear.php.net / 2009/11/14/net_traceroute-and-net_ping-security-advisory
Patch
pear.php.net / advisory20091114-01.txt
Vendor Advisory
pear.php.net / package/Net_Ping/download/2.4.5
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/37451
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/37502
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/54390
svn.php.net / viewvc/pear/packages/Net_Ping/trunk/Ping.php
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg01044.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg01130.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg01152.html
debian.org / security/2009/dsa-1949
securityfocus.com / bid/37093
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/3320
PatchVendor Advisory