CVE-2009-4487: F5 Nginx

Medium severity, CVSS 6.8. EPSS: 29.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

nginx 0.7.64 writes data to a log file without sanitizing non-printable characters, which might allow remote attackers to modify a window's title, or possibly execute arbitrary commands or overwrite files, via an HTTP request containing an escape sequence for a terminal emulator.

Affected products

• F5 Nginx: version 0.7.64 only

Published 2010-01-13. Last modified 2026-06-16.