CVE-2009-0879
The CIM server in IBM Director before 5.20.3 Service Update 2 on Windows allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 8.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 5.1% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
The CIM server in IBM Director before 5.20.3 Service Update 2 on Windows allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a long consumer name, as demonstrated by an M-POST request to a long /CIMListener/ URI.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits2
Exploit-DB1 entry
- IBM Director 5.20.3su2 CIM Server - Remote Denial of Service (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 8190dos, windowspublished 10 Mar 2009Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 8190 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
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Published
- 15 years later
· 15 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 8.2% · top 5.1% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
10
- ADV-2009-0656 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 52615 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20090310 SEC Consult SA-20090305-1 :: IBM Director CIM Server Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 34212 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/iwm/web/reg/download.do?source=dmp&S_PKG=director_x_520&S_TACT=sms&lang=en_US&cp=UTF-8 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- director-cim-consumer-dos(49285) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 1021825 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 34061 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 8190 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- https://www.sec-consult.com/files/20090305-1_IBM_director_DoS.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2009-0876 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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