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CVE-2009-3573

38
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-3573 describes multiple insecure method vulnerabilities within the PDIControl.PDI.1 ActiveX control (PDIControl.dll) version 2.2.3160.0, affecting EMC Captiva PixTools Distributed Imaging 2.2. These flaws, specifically in the SetLogFileName and WriteToLog methods, allow remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files on a vulnerable system. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is critical, enabling complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with medium attack complexity. While not listed in CISA KEV, exploit code is publicly available via ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:emc:captiva_pixtools_distributed_imaging:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.72%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-33263 · Oct 1, 2009
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0572 is in the 64th percentile among its peer group of 8,920 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 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/36896
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/53555
securityfocus.com / bid/36566
Exploit
shinnai.net / xplits/TXT_17zVMhRhsRE6qC6DAj52.html
ExploitURL Repurposed
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/2808
Vendor Advisory