CVE-2009-1797

Description

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities on the Network Management Card (NMC) on American Power Conversion (APC) Switched Rack PDU (aka Rack Mount Power Distribution) devices and other devices allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of (1) administrator or (2) device users for requests that create new administrative users or have unspecified other impact.

Category

6.8
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.09%
Vendor Advisory apc.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://holisticinfosec.org/content/view/111/45/
http://nam-en.apc.com/cgi-bin/nam_en.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=10887 vendor advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/166739 third party advisory us government resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/37744 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2009-1797?
CVE-2009-1797 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2009-1797?
To fix CVE-2009-1797, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2009-1797 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2009-1797 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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