CVE-2009-1240
Unspecified vulnerability in the IBM Proventia engine 4.9.0.0.44 20081231, as used in IBM Proventia Network Mail Security System, Network…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 2.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 14% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in the IBM Proventia engine 4.9.0.0.44 20081231, as used in IBM Proventia Network Mail Security System, Network Mail Security System Virtual Appliance, Desktop Endpoint Security, Network Multi-Function Security (MFS), and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to bypass detection of malware via a modified RAR archive.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
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 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.7% · top 14% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References7
- 20090716 Re: Update: [TZO-06-2009] IBM Proventia - Generic bypass (Limited disclosure - see details) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://blog.zoller.lu/2009/04/ibm-proventia-evasion-limited-details.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://iss.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/iss.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=5417 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 34345 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20090715 Update: [TZO-06-2009] IBM Proventia - Generic bypass (Limited disclosure - see details) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20090402 [TZO-06-2009] IBM Proventia - Generic bypass (Limited disclosure - see details) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20090716 Re[2]: Update: [TZO-06-2009] IBM Proventia - Generic bypass (Limited disclosure - see details) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_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-2009-1239 (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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