CVE-2009-2685
Stack-based buffer overflow in the login form in the management web server in HP Power Manager allows remote attackers to execute…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 76.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.4% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the login form in the management web server in HP Power Manager allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the Login variable.
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
- Hewlett-Packard Power Manager Administration Buffer Overflow (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/http/hp_power_manager_loginRank averagedisclosed 4 Nov 2009
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Hewlett-Packard (HP) Power Manager Administration - Remote Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16785remote, windowspublished 24 Nov 2010Verified
- Hewlett-Packard (HP) Power Manager Administration Power Manager Administration - Universal Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 10099remote, windowspublished 16 Nov 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
- 3 months later
· 3 months 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)
- 76.7% · top 0.4% 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
References8
- 59684 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 36933 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ADV-2009-3154 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- HPSBMA02474 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- 20091105 ZDI-09-081: Hewlett-Packard Power Manager Administration Web Server Stack Overflow Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 37276 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-081/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 1023140 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_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-2009-2678 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2009-2685)Record last updated .