CVE-2009-4606
South River Technologies WebDrive 9.02 build 2232 installs the WebDrive Service without a security descriptor, which allows local users to…
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Description
South River Technologies WebDrive 9.02 build 2232 installs the WebDrive Service without a security descriptor, which allows local users to (1) stop the service via the stop command, (2) execute arbitrary commands as SYSTEM by using the config command to modify the binPath variable, or (3) restart the service via the start command.
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.
Exploit-DB1 entry
- South River Technologies WebDrive Service 9.02 build 2232 - Bad Security Descriptor Privilege Escalation (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 11264local, windowspublished 26 Jan 2010Not verified
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Timeline
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- 1 day later
· 1 day 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 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.80% · top 43% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- 37083 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://retrogod.altervista.org/9sg_south_river_priv.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 59080 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- ADV-2009-2994 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20091020 South River Technologies WebDrive Service Bad Security Descriptor Local Elevation Of Privileges (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- webdrive-webdrive-privilege-escalation(53885) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_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-2009-4572 (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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