MEDIUM
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
Published Mar 12, 2009
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 8.22%
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.
Affected products
No data.
AND
OR
- ≤ 5.20.3
- 3.1.1
- 4.10
- 4.11
- 4.12
- 4.20
- 4.21
- 4.22
- 5.10.0
- 5.10.1
- 5.10.2
- 5.10.3
- 5.20.0
- 5.20.1
- 5.20.2
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
8.22% 0.08225
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.08225
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 8.22% (0.08225) | 94.72th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 8.22% (0.08225) | 94.15th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jan 29, 2026 | 21.41% (0.21409) | 95.55th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Sep 28, 2025 | 18.93% (0.18926) | 95.10th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 22.29% (0.22294) | 95.35th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Feb 10, 2025 | 31.75% (0.31745) | 97.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 39.09% (0.39086) | 97.27th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 20, 2024 | 84.19% (0.84189) | 98.54th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 9, 2024 | 85.51% (0.85514) | 98.58th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 85.49% (0.85487) | 97.91th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 11.00% (0.10995) | 94.86th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 11.00% (0.10995) | 94.44th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 11.00% (0.10995) | 88.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (10)
- http://osvdb.org/52615 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34212 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1021825 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501638/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34061 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0656 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENPatchVendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49285 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8190 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
- https://www.sec-consult.com/files/20090305-1_IBM_director_DoS.txt x_refsource_MISCExploit
- 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 x_refsource_MISCPatchVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://osvdb.org/52615 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/34212 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1021825 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501638/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34061 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0656 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENPatchVendor Advisory | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49285 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8190 | exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB | |
| https://www.sec-consult.com/files/20090305-1_IBM_director_DoS.txt | x_refsource_MISCExploit | |
| 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 | x_refsource_MISCPatchVendor Advisory |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Mar 12, 2009
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Mar 12, 2009
Link CVE-2009-0879
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a