CVE-2009-1429
highpriority · act · 81EPSS 0.877 · 100 %ileexploit · weaponizedEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
The Intel LANDesk Common Base Agent (CBA) in Symantec Alert Management System 2 (AMS2), as used in Symantec System Center (SSS); Symantec AntiVirus Server; Symantec AntiVirus Central Quarantine Server; Symantec AntiVirus (SAV) Corporate Edition 9 before 9.0 MR7, 10.0 and 10.1 before 10.1 MR8, and 10.2 before 10.2 MR2; Symantec Client Security (SCS) 2 before 2.0 MR7 and 3 before 3.1 MR8; and Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) before 11.0 MR3, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted packet whose contents are interpreted as a command to be launched in a new process by the CreateProcessA function.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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exploits (3)
Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.
- EDB-10340Symantec (Multiple Products) - Intel Common Base Agent Remote Command Executionfunctional · exploit_db
affected products (38)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- symantec antivirus central quarantine serverall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:a:symantec:antivirus_central_quarantine_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
also known as (2)
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sources
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references (20)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://osvdb.org/54157enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34856enisa_euvd
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8346enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34671enisa_euvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022130enisa_euvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022131enisa_euvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022132enisa_euvd
- http://www.symantec.com/security_response/securityupdates/detail.jsp?fid=security_advisory&pvid=security_advisory&year=2009&suid=20090428_02enisa_euvd
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