CVE-2009-5152

CVSS V2 Low 1.9 CVSS V3 Medium 4.1
Description
Absolute Computrace Agent, as distributed on certain Dell Inspiron systems through 2009, has a race condition with the Dell Client Configuration Utility (DCCU), which allows privileged local users to change Computrace Agent's activation/deactivation status to the factory default via a crafted TaskResult.xml file.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2009-5152
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2018-05-11T19:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-06-14T12:44:40
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-362 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/362.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:absolute:computrace_agent:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 1.9
  • Severity
  • LOW
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.4
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • HIGH
  • Privileges Required
  • HIGH
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 4.1
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 0.5
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.coresecurity.com/system/files/publications/2016/05/Paper-Deactivate-the-Rootkit-AOrtega-ASacco.pdf Exploit Technical Description Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-5152
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-5152
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 18:42:35 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 06:07:53 2018-05-11T19:29Z 2018-05-11T19:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 06:07:53 2018-06-14T12:44:40 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 06:07:53 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated