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CVE-2009-1478

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-1478 describes multiple unspecified vulnerabilities within the DTrace ioctl handlers in Sun Solaris 10 and OpenSolaris versions prior to snv_114. A local attacker can exploit these flaws to trigger a denial of service (system panic) through unknown vectors. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.9, indicating a low attack complexity and requiring local access, but with a critical impact on availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog, a proof-of-concept exploit for a local kernel denial of service is available on ExploitDB (EDB-8597), though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
snv_01CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_01:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
snv_02CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_02:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
snv_03CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_03:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
snv_04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_04:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
snv_05CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:sun:opensolaris:snv_05:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.9MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.75%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
51.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-8597 · May 4, 2009
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0075 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 3,052 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

osvdb.org / 54138
secunia.com / advisories/34836
secunia.com / advisories/35098
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/50220
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
PatchVendor Advisory
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-171.htm
securityfocus.com / bid/34753
securitytracker.com / id
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/1199
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/1378