CVE-2009-3031
Stack-based buffer overflow in the BrowseAndSaveFile method in the Altiris eXpress NS ConsoleUtilities ActiveX control 6.0.0.1846 in…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 45.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the BrowseAndSaveFile method in the Altiris eXpress NS ConsoleUtilities ActiveX control 6.0.0.1846 in AeXNSConsoleUtilities.dll in Symantec Altiris Notification Server (NS) 6.0 before R12, Deployment Server 6.8 and 6.9 in Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9 SP3, and Symantec Management Platform (SMP) 7.0 before SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string in the second argument.
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 ConsoleUtilities ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/browser/symantec_consoleutilities_browseandsavefileRank normaldisclosed 2 Nov 2009
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Symantec ConsoleUtilities - ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16613remote, windowspublished 11 Nov 2010Verified
- Symantec ConsoleUtilities - ActiveX Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 9853remote, windowspublished 2 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
- 2 months later
· 2 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 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 45.4% · top 1.2% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References7
- http://sotiriu.de/adv/NSOADV-2009-001.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 36698 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ADV-2009-3117 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=2009&suid=20091102_00 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20091102 NSOADV-2009-001: Symantec ConsoleUtilities ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- https://kb.altiris.com/article.asp?article=49568&p=1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://kb.altiris.com/article.asp?article=49389&p=1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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-2009-3015 (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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