HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2009-2643

Blackberry Enterprise Server vulnerability

CVSS
9.3
EPSS
5.0%
EPSS pct
91th
Exploited
No known
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the PDF distiller in the Attachment Service component in Research In Motion (RIM) BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) software 4.1.3 through 5.0 and BlackBerry Professional Software 4.1.4 allow user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted .pdf file attachment, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-3246 and CVE-2009-0219.
Affected vendor
Rim
Affected product
Blackberry Enterprise Server
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published
2009-07-28

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 5.0% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 91% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2009-2643

  • Confirm whether Rim Blackberry Enterprise Server is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2009-2643.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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