CVE-2009-0215

Access Support Activex Control vulnerability

CVSS

9.3

EPSS

36.3%

EPSS pct

98th

Exploited

No known

Stack-based buffer overflow in the GetXMLValue method in the IBM Access Support ActiveX control in IbmEgath.dll, as distributed on IBM and Lenovo computers, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

Affected vendor

Ibm

Affected product

Access Support Activex Control

CVSS vector

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

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds

Published

2009-03-25

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 36.3% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 98% of all scored CVEs.

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Confirm whether Ibm Access Support Activex Control is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2009-0215.
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