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CVE-2009-1640

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-1640 describes a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Nucleus Data Recovery Kernel Recovery for Macintosh version 4.04. This flaw allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code by providing a specially crafted .AMHH file. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is critical, indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity that can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploits in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, and it has garnered minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nucleustechnologies:kernel_recovery:4.04:*:macintosh:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.28%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0328 is in the 46th percentile among its peer group of 8,914 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 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

osvdb.org / 54224
secunia.com / advisories/34860
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/50345
insight-tech.org / index.php
URL Repurposed
insight-tech.org / xploits/KernelrecoveryforMacintoshv.4.04BufferOverflow.py
ExploitURL Repurposed
securityfocus.com / bid/34846