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CVE-2009-4189

83
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-4189 affects HP Operations Manager, stemming from a default 'ovwebusr' account password ("OvW*busr1") that enables remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. This critical vulnerability, with a CVSS score of 10.0, allows unauthenticated attackers to exploit the manager role to perform unrestricted file uploads via the /manager servlet in the Tomcat container, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA KEV, multiple Metasploit modules and an ExploitDB entry confirm the availability of exploit code, despite minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hp:operations_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

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

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
78.53%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: Apache Tomcat Manager Application Deployer Authenticated Code Execution · Nov 9, 2009
ExploitDB: EDB-16317 · Dec 14, 2010
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.7853 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 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, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 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

intevydis.com / blog