CVE-2009-2754
Integer signedness error in the authentication functionality in librpc.dll in the Informix Storage Manager (ISM) Portmapper service (aka…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 40.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Integer signedness error in the authentication functionality in librpc.dll in the Informix Storage Manager (ISM) Portmapper service (aka portmap.exe), as used in IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) 10.x before 10.00.TC9 and 11.x before 11.10.TC3 and EMC Legato NetWorker, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted parameter size that triggers a stack-based buffer overflow.
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.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Multiple Vendor 'librpc.dll' Signedness Error - Remote Code Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 12109dos, multiplepublished 8 Apr 2010Verified
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
- 7 months later
· 7 months later
Published
- 14 years later
· 14 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)
- 40.1% · top 1.3% 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
- 38731 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20100301 ZDI-10-023: Multiple Vendor librpc.dll Signedness Error Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- ADV-2010-0508 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- IC55329 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- IC55330 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-023 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- ibm-ids-portmap-bo(56586) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- ADV-2010-0509 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://knowledgebase.emc.com/emcice/login.do?sType=ax1990&sName=1204&id=emc183834 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 38472 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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-2009-2744 (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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