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CVE-2009-4498

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-4498 is a critical command injection vulnerability affecting Zabbix Server versions prior to 1.8. It allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands on the server by sending a specially crafted request to the node_process_command function. With a CVSS score of 6.8 and a FAUCET Risk Score of 99/100, this vulnerability poses a significant risk due to its network-based attack vector and potential for complete compromise (confidentiality, integrity, and availability). While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code, including a Metasploit module, is readily available, indicating a high likelihood of exploitation. Despite its age, the EPSS score suggests a higher than average probability of exploitation compared to most CVEs, though it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.7.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:zabbix:zabbix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:zabbix:zabbix:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:zabbix:zabbix:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:zabbix:zabbix:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:zabbix:zabbix:1.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
31.91%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: Zabbix Server Arbitrary Command Execution · Sep 10, 2009
ExploitDB: EDB-20796 · Aug 27, 2012
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.3191 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 19,953 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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

secunia.com / advisories/37740
Vendor Advisory
support.zabbix.com / browse/ZBX-1030
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2010/04/02/1
securityfocus.com / archive/1/508436/30/60/threaded
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/3514
Vendor Advisory