$ cve CVE-2009-1429 JSON

CVE-2009-1429 EXPLOIT

10.0

HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 87.7% (pctl 100)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Description

The Intel LANDesk Common Base Agent (CBA) in Symantec Alert Management System 2 (AMS2), as used in Symantec System Center (SSS); Symantec AntiVirus Server; Symantec AntiVirus Central Quarantine Server; Symantec AntiVirus (SAV) Corporate Edition 9 before 9.0 MR7, 10.0 and 10.1 before 10.1 MR8, and 10.2 before 10.2 MR2; Symantec Client Security (SCS) 2 before 2.0 MR7 and 3 before 3.1 MR8; and Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) before 11.0 MR3, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted packet whose contents are interpreted as a command to be launched in a new process by the CreateProcessA function.

Scoring

CVSS	10.0 (HIGH, v2.0)
Vector	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS	87.73% — more likely to be exploited than 100% of all CVEs
Weakness	CWE-94
On CISA KEV	no
Public exploit	yes
Published	2009-04-29
Last modified	2026-06-16

Affected (5)

Vendor	Product
symantec	antivirus
symantec	antivirus central quarantine server
symantec	client security
symantec	endpoint protection
symantec	system center

Public exploits

Source	Title	Date
exploit-db	Symantec System Center Alert Management System - 'xfr.exe' Arbitrary Command Execution (Metasploit)	2011-08-19
exploit-db	Symantec (Multiple Products) - Intel Common Base Agent Remote Command Execution	2009-04-28

References

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