CVE-2009-3749 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Websense Personal Email Manager and Email Security versions 7.1 prior to Hotfix 4. An unauthenticated remote attacker can crash the Web Administrator service (STEMWADM.EXE) by sending a malformed HTTP GET request to TCP port 8181 and prematurely closing the connection. 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 listed in CISA's KEV catalog, an exploit is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:websense:email_security:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:websense:personal_email_manager:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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