CVE-2009-1517 — Multiple insecure method vulnerabilities in the Symantec.EasySetup.1 ActiveX control in EasySetupInt.dll 14.0.4.30167 in the EasySetup wizard in Symantec Norton Ghost 14.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (browser crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified input to the (1) GetBackupLocationPath, (2) CallUninstall, (3) SetupDeleteVolume, (4) CanUseEasySetup, (5) CallAddInitialProtection, and (6) CallTour methods

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Multiple insecure method vulnerabilities in the Symantec.EasySetup.1 ActiveX control in EasySetupInt.dll 14.0.4.30167 in the EasySetup wizard in Symantec Norton Ghost 14.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (browser crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified input to the (1) GetBackupLocationPath, (2) CallUninstall, (3) SetupDeleteVolume, (4) CanUseEasySetup, (5) CallAddInitialProtection, and (6) CallTour methods

Published May 4, 2009

4.3

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 6.59%

Description

Multiple insecure method vulnerabilities in the Symantec.EasySetup.1 ActiveX control in EasySetupInt.dll 14.0.4.30167 in the EasySetup wizard in Symantec Norton Ghost 14.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (browser crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified input to the (1) GetBackupLocationPath, (2) CallUninstall, (3) SetupDeleteVolume, (4) CanUseEasySetup, (5) CallAddInitialProtection, and (6) CallTour methods.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

6.59% 0.06586

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.06586

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 3, 2026	6.59% (0.06586)	93.64th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	6.59% (0.06586)	92.95th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Nov 20, 2025	6.72% (0.06719)	90.35th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 30, 2025	8.19% (0.08191)	91.39th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 29, 2025	10.87% (0.10865)	88.92th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	8.19% (0.08191)	91.57th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	5.68% (0.05684)	93.61th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 17, 2024	5.15% (0.05154)	92.94th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Aug 7, 2023	3.70% (0.03704)	90.52th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	4.08% (0.04084)	90.78th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	6.01% (0.06006)	90.57th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	6.01% (0.06006)	89.68th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	6.01% (0.06006)	77.53th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (5)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34696
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022120
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.shinnai.net/xplits/TXT_Gl6RHStS23c9DANArcJE.html
x_refsource_MISCExploitURL Repurposed
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50098
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8523
exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34696		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022120		vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.shinnai.net/xplits/TXT_Gl6RHStS23c9DANArcJE.html		x_refsource_MISCExploitURL Repurposed
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50098		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8523		exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published May 4, 2009

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved May 4, 2009

Link CVE-2009-1517

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2009-1517

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2009-1517