CVE-2009-1429
The Intel LANDesk Common Base Agent (CBA) in Symantec Alert Management System 2 (AMS2), as used in Symantec System Center (SSS); Symantec AntiVirus Server; Symantec AntiVirus Central Quarantine Server; Symantec AntiVirus (SAV) Corporate Edition 9 before 9.0 MR7, 10.0 and 10.1 before 10.1 MR8, and 10.2 before 10.2 MR2; Symantec Client Security (SCS) 2 before 2.0 MR7 and 3 before 3.1 MR8; and Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) before 11.0 MR3, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted packet whose contents are interpreted as a command to be launched in a new process by the CreateProcessA function.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 10.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-94
- EPSS score
- 87.7% (100th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-1427)
- Published
- April 29, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-1427 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- symantec / antivirus
- symantec / antivirus
- symantec / antivirus
- symantec / antivirus
- symantec / antivirus
- symantec / antivirus
- symantec / antivirus
- symantec / antivirus
- symantec / antivirus
- symantec / antivirus
- symantec / antivirus
- symantec / antivirus
- symantec / antivirus
- symantec / antivirus
- symantec / antivirus
- symantec / antivirus
- symantec / antivirus central quarantine server
- symantec / client security
- symantec / client security
- symantec / client security
- symantec / client security
- symantec / client security
- symantec / client security
- symantec / client security
- symantec / client security
- symantec / client security
- symantec / client security
- symantec / client security
- symantec / client security
- symantec / client security
- symantec / client security
- symantec / client security
- symantec / client security
- symantec / client security
- symantec / endpoint protection
- symantec / system center
Certified products that may be affected
1 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified product, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- Symantec™ Endpoint Protection Version 11.0 - Symantec Corporation - Common Criteria 383-4-84 - archived
References
- http://osvdb.org/54157
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34856(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8346
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34671(Exploit)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022130
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022131
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022132
- http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=2009&suid=20090428_02
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1204(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50176
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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