CVE-2009-4024

Argument injection vulnerability in the ping function in Ping.php in the Net_Ping package before 2.4.5 for PEAR allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands via the host parameter. NOTE: this has also been reported as a shell metacharacter problem.

• CWE-94

• http://blog.pear.php.net/2009/11/14/net_traceroute-and-net_ping-security-advisory/Patch
• http://pear.php.net/advisory20091114-01.txtVendor Advisory
• http://pear.php.net/package/Net_Ping/download/2.4.5Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37451Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37502
• http://svn.php.net/viewvc/pear/packages/Net_Ping/trunk/Ping.php?r1=274728&r2=290669&pathrev=290669
• http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1949
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37093
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3320Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54390
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg01044.html
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg01130.html
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg01152.html
• http://blog.pear.php.net/2009/11/14/net_traceroute-and-net_ping-security-advisory/Patch
• http://pear.php.net/advisory20091114-01.txtVendor Advisory
• http://pear.php.net/package/Net_Ping/download/2.4.5Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37451Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37502
• http://svn.php.net/viewvc/pear/packages/Net_Ping/trunk/Ping.php?r1=274728&r2=290669&pathrev=290669
• http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1949
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37093
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3320Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54390
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg01044.html
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg01130.html
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg01152.html

Published

Nov 29, 2009

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

• How Strix found a critical auth bypass in etcdStrix autonomously discovered a critical authentication bypass in etcd, later designated CVE-2026-33413.
• Autonomous PentestingAI agents that find and validate exploitable vulnerabilities like this one across your applications.
• PR ReviewsPentest every pull request so vulnerable code is caught before it ships to production.
• AI Penetration TestingHow AI-driven penetration testing continuously covers your attack surface.

• CVE-2009-4018The proc_open function in ext/standard/proc_open.c in PHP be…
• CVE-2009-4019mysqld in MySQL 5.0.x before 5.0.88 and 5.1.x before 5.1.41 …
• CVE-2009-4020Stack-based buffer overflow in the hfs subsystem in the Linu…
• CVE-2009-4021The fuse_direct_io function in fs/fuse/file.c in the fuse su…
• CVE-2009-4022Unspecified vulnerability in ISC BIND 9.0.x through 9.3.x, 9…
• CVE-2009-4023Argument injection vulnerability in the sendmail implementat…
• CVE-2009-4025Argument injection vulnerability in the traceroute function …
• CVE-2009-4026The mac80211 subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32-rc8…
• CVE-2009-4027Race condition in the mac80211 subsystem in the Linux kernel…
• CVE-2009-4028The vio_verify_callback function in viosslfactories.c in MyS…
• CVE-2009-4029The (1) dist or (2) distcheck rules in GNU Automake 1.11.1, …
• CVE-2009-4030MySQL 5.1.x before 5.1.41 allows local users to bypass certa…