CVE-2009-5150 describes a vulnerability in Absolute Computrace Agent versions V80.845 and V80.866, where the lack of a digital signature for the configuration block allows a privileged local attacker to modify communication settings. This enables the agent to connect to an attacker-controlled website instead of the legitimate search.namequery.com. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.7 (Medium), indicating that a high-privileged local attacker can achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, even after system reformatting. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
80.845CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:absolute:computrace_agent:80.845:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
80.866CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:absolute:computrace_agent:80.866:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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