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CVE-2009-4494

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-4494 describes a vulnerability in AOLserver 4.5.1 where unsanitized non-printable characters written to log files can be exploited. This allows remote attackers to manipulate terminal emulator escape sequences, potentially altering window titles, executing arbitrary commands, or overwriting files. With a CVSS score of 5.0 and a FAUCET Risk Score of 75/100, it is considered a moderate risk, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity. While not actively exploited in the wild (KEV: No), an exploit module (EDB-33497) exists, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:aol:aolserver:4.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
8.78%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-33497 · Jan 11, 2010
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0878 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 23,701 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, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

securityfocus.com / archive/1/508830/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/37712
Exploit
ush.it / team/ush/hack_httpd_escape/adv.txt
Exploit