CVE-2009-1171

Medium

Description

The TeX filter in Moodle 1.6 before 1.6.9+, 1.7 before 1.7.7+, 1.8 before 1.8.9, and 1.9 before 1.9.5 allows user-assisted attackers to read arbitrary files via an input command in a "$$" sequence, which causes LaTeX to include the contents of the file.

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.3
Exploit probability—
ProductMoodle
PublishedMar 30, 2009
First seenMar 30, 2009

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
moodle moodle1.6.0, 1.6.1, 1.6.2, 1.6.3, 1.6.4, 1.6.5, 1.6.6, 1.6.7, 1.6.8, 1.7.1, 1.7.2, 1.7.3, 1.7.4, 1.7.5, 1.7.6, 1.8.1, 1.8.2, 1.8.3, 1.8.4, 1.8.5, 1.8.6, 1.8.7, 1.8.8, 1.9.1, 1.9.2, 1.9.3, 1.9.4—

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