CVE-2009-4179
Stack-based buffer overflow in ovalarm.exe in HP OpenView Network Node Manager (OV NNM) 7.01, 7.51, and 7.53 allows remote attackers to…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 67.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.7% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in ovalarm.exe in HP OpenView Network Node Manager (OV NNM) 7.01, 7.51, and 7.53 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long HTTP Accept-Language header in an OVABverbose action.
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
- HP OpenView Network Node Manager ovalarm.exe CGI Buffer Overflow (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/http/hp_nnm_ovalarm_langRank greatdisclosed 9 Dec 2009
Exploit-DB2 entries
- HP OpenView Network Node Manager (OV NNM) - 'ovalarm.exe' CGI Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16797remote, windowspublished 11 Nov 2010Verified
- HP OpenView Network Node Manager (OV NNM) 7.53 - 'ovalarm.exe' CGI Remote Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 10394remote, windowspublished 12 Dec 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 hp
- 7 days later
· 7 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)
- 67.0% · top 0.7% 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
References7
- http://dvlabs.tippingpoint.com/advisory/TPTI-09-12 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- hp-ovnnm-ovalarm-bo(54657) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 37347 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20091209 TPTI-09-12: HP OpenView NNM ovalarm.exe CGI Accept-Language Stack Overflow Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 37261 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- SSRT090257 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- SSRT090134 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_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-2009-4149 (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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