Is CVE-2009-2856 being actively exploited?

CVE-2009-2856 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2009-2856?

CVE-2009-2856 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 3.5 (LOW).

CVE-2009-2856

LOW · CVSS 3.5EPSS 1.3%EU EUVD

Sun Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) 3.0, when anonymous binding is enabled, does not properly handle a client's attempt to establish an authenticated and encrypted connection, which might allow remote attackers to read cleartext VDI configuration-data requests by sniffing LDAP sessions on the network.

Key facts

CVSS score: 3.5 (v2.0)
Severity: LOW
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-200
EPSS score: 1.3% (71th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2009-2846)
Published: August 18, 2009
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-2846 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on September 16, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

sun / solaris
sun / solaris
sun / virtual desktop infrastructure

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/36330(Vendor Advisory)
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-141481-02-1(Patch)
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-265488-1(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2282(Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

Query CVEs from your AI assistant

The CVE/NVD Explorer brain answers CVE questions directly inside Claude, ChatGPT, or any MCP assistant — always up to date, no setup. Add it once and stop pasting advisories into chat.

Add the CVE brain