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CVE-2009-20009

45
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-20009 is a critical stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Belkin Bulldog Plus version 4.0.2 build 1219's web service authentication handler. It allows remote attackers to achieve code execution by sending a specially crafted HTTP request with an oversized Authorization header. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 9.3 (CRITICAL) due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, a Metasploit module exists, and it has garnered significant community discussion, indicating potential for exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Belkin International, Inc.Bulldog Plus UPS Monitoring Software
>= 0, <= 4.0.2 build 1219CNA affecteddefault unaffected

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 4.0

9.3CRITICAL

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
VS Confidentiality
HIGH
VS Integrity
HIGH
VS Availability
HIGH
SS Confidentiality
NONE
SS Integrity
NONE
SS Availability
NONE
Exploit Maturity
NOT_DEFINED
CvssVersion
4.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.53%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
72.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: Belkin Bulldog Plus Web Service Buffer Overflow · Mar 8, 2009
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0153 is in the 59th percentile among its peer group of 36,897 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

raw.githubusercontent.com / rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/windows/http/belkin_bulldog.rb
s3.belkin.com / support/dl/bulldogwindows.pdf
exploit-db.com / exploits/8173
fortiguard.com / encyclopedia/ips/17325/belkin-bulldog-plus-web-services-buffer-overflow
vulncheck.com / advisories/belkin-bulldog-plus-web-service-buffer-overflow