CVE-2009-1195

Name: CVE-2009-1195
Creator: NVD / NIST
Published: 2009-05-28T20:30:00.203+00:00
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

UnknownEPSS 1.96%

Last modified Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2009-1195 is a vulnerability of currently unknown severity. The Apache HTTP Server 2.2.11 and earlier 2.2 versions does not properly handle Options=IncludesNOEXEC in the AllowOverride directive, which allows local users to gain privileges by configuring (1) Options Includes, (2) Options +Includes, or (3) Options +IncludesNOEXEC in a .htaccess file, and then inserting an exec element in a .shtml file.. EPSS estimates a 1.96% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Description

The Apache HTTP Server 2.2.11 and earlier 2.2 versions does not properly handle Options=IncludesNOEXEC in the AllowOverride directive, which allows local users to gain privileges by configuring (1) Options Includes, (2) Options +Includes, or (3) Options +IncludesNOEXEC in a .htaccess file, and then inserting an exec element in a .shtml file.

Metrics

EPSS Probability

1.96%

77.7th percentile

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. Learn more

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-16

Affected Software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apache	Http Server	2.2.0
Apache	Http Server	2.2.1
Apache	Http Server	2.2.2
Apache	Http Server	2.2.3
Apache	Http Server	2.2.4
Apache	Http Server	2.2.7
Apache	Http Server	2.2.8
Apache	Http Server	2.2.9
Apache	Http Server	2.2.10

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00000.htmlMailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00006.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=apache-httpd-dev&m=124048996106302&w=2Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=129190899612998&w=2Third Party Advisory
http://osvdb.org/54733Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/35261Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35264Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35395Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35453Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35721Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37152Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200907-04.xmlThird Party Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3937Third Party Advisory
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&revision=772997Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0142Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1816Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:124Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1075.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1156.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507852/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507857/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35115Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022296Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-787-1Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1444Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3184Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=489436Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50808Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8d63cb8e9100f28a99429b4328e4e7cebce861d5772ac9863ba2ae6f%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3EThird Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f7f95ac1cd9895db2714fa3ebaa0b94d0c6df360f742a40951384a53%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3EThird Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r57608dc51b79102f3952ae06f54d5277b649c86d6533dcd6a7d201f7%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3EThird Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r75cbe9ea3e2114e4271bbeca7aff96117b50c1b6eb7c4772b0337c1f%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3EThird Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7dd6be4dc38148704f2edafb44a8712abaa3a2be120d6c3314d55919%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3EThird Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r84d043c2115176958562133d96d851495d712aa49da155d81f6733be%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3EThird Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9ea3538f229874c80a10af473856a81fbf5f694cd7f471cc679ba70b%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3EThird Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9f93cf6dde308d42a9c807784e8102600d0397f5f834890708bf6920%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3EThird Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc4c53a0d57b2771ecd4b965010580db355e38137c8711311ee1073a8%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3EThird Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rdca61ae990660bacb682295f2a09d34612b7bb5f457577fe17f4d064%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3EThird Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf6449464fd8b7437704c55f88361b66f12d5b5f90bcce66af4be4ba9%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3EThird Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfbaf647d52c1cb843e726a0933f156366a806cead84fbd430951591b%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3EThird Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11094Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12377Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8704Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg01363.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00000.htmlMailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00006.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=apache-httpd-dev&m=124048996106302&w=2Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=129190899612998&w=2Third Party Advisory
http://osvdb.org/54733Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/35261Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35264Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35395Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35453Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35721Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37152Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200907-04.xmlThird Party Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3937Third Party Advisory
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&revision=772997Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0142Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1816Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:124Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1075.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1156.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507852/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507857/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35115Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022296Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-787-1Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1444Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3184Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=489436Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50808Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8d63cb8e9100f28a99429b4328e4e7cebce861d5772ac9863ba2ae6f%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3EThird Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f7f95ac1cd9895db2714fa3ebaa0b94d0c6df360f742a40951384a53%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3EThird Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r57608dc51b79102f3952ae06f54d5277b649c86d6533dcd6a7d201f7%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3EThird Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r75cbe9ea3e2114e4271bbeca7aff96117b50c1b6eb7c4772b0337c1f%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3EThird Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7dd6be4dc38148704f2edafb44a8712abaa3a2be120d6c3314d55919%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3EThird Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r84d043c2115176958562133d96d851495d712aa49da155d81f6733be%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3EThird Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9ea3538f229874c80a10af473856a81fbf5f694cd7f471cc679ba70b%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3EThird Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9f93cf6dde308d42a9c807784e8102600d0397f5f834890708bf6920%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3EThird Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc4c53a0d57b2771ecd4b965010580db355e38137c8711311ee1073a8%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3EThird Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rdca61ae990660bacb682295f2a09d34612b7bb5f457577fe17f4d064%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3EThird Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf6449464fd8b7437704c55f88361b66f12d5b5f90bcce66af4be4ba9%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3EThird Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfbaf647d52c1cb843e726a0933f156366a806cead84fbd430951591b%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3EThird Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11094Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12377Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8704Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg01363.htmlThird Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: May 28, 2009
Last Modified: Jun 16, 2026
Status: Modified

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2009-1195?

How severe is CVE-2009-1195?

Severity scoring for CVE-2009-1195 is pending analysis. The EPSS model estimates a 1.96% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2009-1195?

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Source: NVD / NIST