CVE-2009-3749

Public Exploit

Description

The Web Administrator service (STEMWADM.EXE) in Websense Personal Email Manager 7.1 before Hotfix 4 and Email Security 7.1 before Hotfix 4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by sending a HTTP GET request to TCP port 8181 and closing the socket before the service can send a response.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 13.43% Top 10%

Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://sotiriu.de/adv/NSOADV-2009-002.txt	exploit
http://kb.websense.com/display/4/kb/article.aspx?aid=4786	patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36740	vdb entry exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507329/100/0/threaded	mailing list
http://kb.websense.com/article.aspx?article=4786&p=12	patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2987	vdb entry vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37091	third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2009-3749?: CVE-2009-3749 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2009-3749?: To fix CVE-2009-3749, 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-2009-3749 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2009-3749 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~13% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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