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CVE-2009-0505

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-0505 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the CICS listener of IBM TXSeries for Multiplatforms 6.2 GA. Remote authenticated users can exploit this by causing slow or nonexistent forcepurge acknowledgements from the CICS Application Server, leading to delays in forcepurge handling or other unspecified impacts. With a CVSS score of 9.0 (Critical), this vulnerability has a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no known active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage for this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:txseries:6.2:-:aix:*:*:*:*:*
6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:txseries:6.2:-:ga:*:*:*:*:*
6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:txseries:6.2:-:hp-ia:*:*:*:*:*
6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:txseries:6.2:-:hp-ux:*:*:*:*:*
6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:txseries:6.2:-:solaris:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.0HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
8.0
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.79%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0179 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 17,822 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/48885
www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
PatchVendor Advisory
www-1.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
securityfocus.com / bid/33883
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/0911