CVE-2009-2344 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in Sourcefire Defense Center and 3D Sensor versions prior to 4.8.2. Authenticated remote attackers can exploit this flaw by manipulating the 'admin' parameter in the web-based management interface, specifically within 'admin/user/user.cgi' and other components, to gain elevated privileges. This vulnerability carries a critical CVSS score of 9.0, indicating high severity with complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts, and is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:sourcefire:3d_sensor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:sourcefire:3d_sensor:4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.8.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:sourcefire:3d_sensor:4.8.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.8.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:sourcefire:3d_sensor:4.8.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 4.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:sourcefire:defense_center:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
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