CVE-2009-4225
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 30.6%EU EUVD
Stack-based buffer overflow in the PestPatrol ActiveX control (ppctl.dll) 5.6.7.9 in CA eTrust PestPatrol allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the Initialize method.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 30.6% (98th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-4194)
- Published
- December 8, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-4194 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- ca / etrust pestpatrole ppctl.dll activex
References
- http://www.fortiguard.com/encyclopedia/vulnerability/ca.etrust.pestpatrol.ppctl.dll.activex.access.html
- http://www.metasploit.com/redmine/projects/framework/repository/revisions/7167/entry/modules/exploits/windows/fileformat/etrust_pestscan.rb(Exploit)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37133(Exploit)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54458
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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