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CVE-2009-5097

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-5097 describes a critical vulnerability in Palm Pre WebOS 1.1 and earlier, where the email client improperly processes JavaScript. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code simply by sending a malicious email, potentially enabling them to read sensitive data like PalmDatabase.db3. With a CVSS score of 7.1, this vulnerability is considered high severity due to its network-based attack vector and medium attack complexity, leading to a complete compromise of confidentiality. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:hp:palm_pre_webos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:hp:palm_pre_webos:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:hp:palm_pre_webos:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:hp:palm_pre_webos:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.1HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.89%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
77.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0189 is in the 35th 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

kb.palm.com / wps/portal/kb/na/pre/p100eww/sprint/solutions/article/50607_en.html
secunia.com / advisories/36936
Vendor Advisory
tlhsecurity.blogspot.com / 2009/10/palm-pre-webos-11-remote-file-access.html
precentral.net / webos-1-2-fixed-serious-file-security-issue
securitytracker.com / id