CVE-2009-1429
The Intel LANDesk Common Base Agent (CBA) in Symantec Alert Management System 2 (AMS2), as used in Symantec System Center (SSS); Symantec…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 87.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
The Intel LANDesk Common Base Agent (CBA) in Symantec Alert Management System 2 (AMS2), as used in Symantec System Center (SSS); Symantec AntiVirus Server; Symantec AntiVirus Central Quarantine Server; Symantec AntiVirus (SAV) Corporate Edition 9 before 9.0 MR7, 10.0 and 10.1 before 10.1 MR8, and 10.2 before 10.2 MR2; Symantec Client Security (SCS) 2 before 2.0 MR7 and 3 before 3.1 MR8; and Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) before 11.0 MR3, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted packet whose contents are interpreted as a command to be launched in a new process by the CreateProcessA function.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 2 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits3
Metasploit modules1 module
- Symantec System Center Alert Management System (xfr.exe) Arbitrary Command Execution (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/antivirus/ams_xfrRank excellentdisclosed 28 Apr 2009
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Symantec System Center Alert Management System - 'xfr.exe' Arbitrary Command Execution (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 17699remote, windowspublished 19 Aug 2011Verified
- Symantec (Multiple Products) - Intel Common Base Agent Remote Command Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 10340remote, windowspublished 28 Apr 2009Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 5 days later
· 5 days later
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)
- 87.7% · top 0.2% of all CVEs (11 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
References10
- ADV-2009-1204 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 1022132 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 1022130 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- symantec-cba-command-execution(50176) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 34671 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=2009&suid=20090428_02 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 34856 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 54157 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 1022131 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 8346 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_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-2009-1427 (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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