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CVE-2009-0879

The CIM server in IBM Director before 5.20.3 Service Update 2 on Windows allows remote attackers to cause a denial of se

The CIM server in IBM Director before 5.20.3 Service Update 2 on Windows allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a long consumer name, as demonstrated by an M-POST request to a long /CIMListener/ URI.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 0.21666
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  • EPSS ≥ 0.10 - elevated exploitation probability
  • EPSS percentile: top 4% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • Public exploit or PoC is available
Sigma rules7 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-20Improper Input Validation
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Affected Products & Versions

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ibm director<= 5.20.3
ibm directorall versions
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Public Exploits & PoCs

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dosIBM Director 5.20.3su2 CIM Server - Remote Denial of Serviceverified
pocwww.exploit-db.com · 8190www.exploit-db.com
pocwww.sec-consult.com · 20090305-1_IBM_director_DoS.txtwww.sec-consult.com
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Sigma Hunt Rules

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Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.
productcriticalHackTool - Windows Credential Editor (WCE) Execution
productcriticalWindows Credential Editor Registry
producthighOpenCanary - MSSQL Login Attempt Via Windows Authentication
producthighWindows LAPS Credential Dump From Entra ID
producthighTamper Windows Defender - PSClassic
producthighTamper Windows Defender Remove-MpPreference - ScriptBlockLogging
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Scoring & Timeline

5
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Published to NVD12 Mar 2009 · 03:20 PM
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://osvdb.org/52615
http://secunia.com/advisories/34212Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021825Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501638/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34061
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0656PatchVendor Advisory
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