CVE-2009-4606 — South River Technologies WebDrive 9.02 build 2232 installs the WebDrive Service without a security descriptor, which allows local users to (1) stop the service via the stop command, (2) execute arbitrary commands as SYSTEM by using the config command to modify the binPath variable, or (3) restart the service via the start command

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South River Technologies WebDrive 9.02 build 2232 installs the WebDrive Service without a security descriptor, which allows local users to (1) stop the service via the stop command, (2) execute arbitrary commands as SYSTEM by using the config command to modify the binPath variable, or (3) restart the service via the start command

Published Jan 13, 2010

7.2

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.80%

Description

South River Technologies WebDrive 9.02 build 2232 installs the WebDrive Service without a security descriptor, which allows local users to (1) stop the service via the stop command, (2) execute arbitrary commands as SYSTEM by using the config command to modify the binPath variable, or (3) restart the service via the start command.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.80% 0.00800

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00800

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 (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.80% (0.00800)	54.97th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.80% (0.00800)	51.61th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.13% (0.00126)	29.45th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	0.34th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Sep 6, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	0.46th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.05% (0.00050)	16.55th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	2.76% (0.02757)	82.93th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	2.76% (0.02757)	81.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	2.76% (0.02757)	62.79th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-264

References (6)

http://osvdb.org/59080
vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_south_river_priv.html
x_refsource_MISC
http://secunia.com/advisories/37083
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507323/100/0/threaded
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2994
vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53885
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://osvdb.org/59080		vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_south_river_priv.html		x_refsource_MISC
http://secunia.com/advisories/37083		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507323/100/0/threaded		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2994		vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53885		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Jan 13, 2010

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Jan 12, 2010

Link CVE-2009-4606

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2009-4606

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2009-4606