CVE-2009-4654
Stack-based buffer overflow in the dhost module in Novell eDirectory 8.8 SP5 for Windows allows remote authenticated users to execute…
- 9.0HighCVSS base score
- 6.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 6.0% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the dhost module in Novell eDirectory 8.8 SP5 for Windows allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via long sadminpwd and verifypwd parameters in a submit action to /dhost/httpstk.
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
- Novell eDirectory - HTTPSTK Login Stack Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 10163dos, windowspublished 17 Nov 2009Verified
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Timeline
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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 | High9.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.7% · top 6.0% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
7
- 37042 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://tcc.hellcode.net/advisories/hellcode-adv005.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/37042-2.pl (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://tcc.hellcode.net/sploitz/httpstk.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20091117 Hellcode Research: Novell eDirectory HTTPSTK Login Stack Overflow Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 1023188 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- edirectory-httpstk-bo(54308) (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-2009-4619 (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-2009-4654)Record last updated .