CVE-2009-3749 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 7.6% (pctl 94)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
The Web Administrator service (STEMWADM.EXE) in Websense Personal Email Manager 7.1 before Hotfix 4 and Email Security 7.1 before Hotfix 4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by sending a HTTP GET request to TCP port 8181 and closing the socket before the service can send a response.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 7.64% — more likely to be exploited than 94% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2009-10-22 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| websense | email security |
| websense | personal email manager |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Websense Email Security - Denial of Service | 2009-10-20 |
References
- http://kb.websense.com/article.aspx?article=4786&p=12
- http://kb.websense.com/display/4/kb/article.aspx?aid=4786
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37091
- http://sotiriu.de/adv/NSOADV-2009-002.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507329/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36740
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2987
- http://kb.websense.com/article.aspx?article=4786&p=12
- http://kb.websense.com/display/4/kb/article.aspx?aid=4786
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37091
- http://sotiriu.de/adv/NSOADV-2009-002.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507329/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36740
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2987
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