CVE-2009-0879 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 8.2% (pctl 95)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
The CIM server in IBM Director before 5.20.3 Service Update 2 on Windows allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a long consumer name, as demonstrated by an M-POST request to a long /CIMListener/ URI.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 8.23% — more likely to be exploited than 95% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-20 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2009-03-12 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| ibm | director |
| microsoft | windows |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | IBM Director 5.20.3su2 CIM Server - Remote Denial of Service | 2009-03-10 |
References
- http://osvdb.org/52615
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34212
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1021825
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501638/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34061
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0656
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49285
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8190
- https://www.sec-consult.com/files/20090305-1_IBM_director_DoS.txt
- https://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/iwm/web/reg/download.do?source=dmp&S_PKG=director_x_520&S_TACT=sms&lang=en_US&cp=UTF-8
- http://osvdb.org/52615
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34212
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1021825
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501638/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34061
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0656
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49285
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8190
- https://www.sec-consult.com/files/20090305-1_IBM_director_DoS.txt
- https://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/iwm/web/reg/download.do?source=dmp&S_PKG=director_x_520&S_TACT=sms&lang=en_US&cp=UTF-8
→ the Explorer · watch your stack · NVD