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CVE-2009-4462

47
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-4462 is a critical stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the NetBiterConfig utility (NetBiterConfig.exe) 1.3.0 for Intellicom NetBiter WebSCADA products. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending a specially crafted HICP-protocol UDP packet with an overly long hostname parameter. With a CVSS score of 10.0, it presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:intellicom:netbiterconfig:1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
19.86%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-10451 · Dec 14, 2009
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1986 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

blog.48bits.com / 2009/12/12/exposing-hms-hicp-protocol-0day-light
reversemode.com / index.php
Exploit
support.intellicom.se / getfile.cfm
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/181737
US Government Resource
securityfocus.com / archive/1/508449/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/37325
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/3542
Vendor Advisory