CVE-2009-0879 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the CIM server in IBM Director before version 5.20.3 Service Update 2 on Windows. An unauthenticated remote attacker can crash the daemon by sending a specially crafted M-POST request with an excessively long consumer name to the /CIMListener/ URI. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with a low attack complexity and no authentication required, leading to a partial availability impact. While not observed in active exploitation, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, and it has a high FAUCET Risk Score of 93/100, despite minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 5.20.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:director:*:service_update_1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:director:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:director:4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:director:4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:director:4.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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