CVE-2009-1064

Exp

Argument injection vulnerability in orbitmxt.dll 2.1.0.2 in the Orbit Downloader 2.8.7 and earlier ActiveX control allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via whitespace and a command-line switch, followed by a full pathname, in the third argument to the download method.

Published: 2009-03-26 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-1064 is rated High Exploit Risk (69.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.89%). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.42% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2009-1064

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
8257 exploit_db edb 2009-03-23 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-1064

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-14 1.47% 2.89% +1.42%
2 2026-03-24 1.36% 1.47% +0.11%
3 2025-03-30 1.36%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-1064

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.6 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-1064

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-1064

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
orbit_downloader orbit_downloader 2.6.3 cpe:2.3:a:orbit_downloader:orbit_downloader:2.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
orbit_downloader orbit_downloader 2.6.4 cpe:2.3:a:orbit_downloader:orbit_downloader:2.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
orbitdownloader orbit_downloader <= 2.8.7 cpe:2.3:a:orbitdownloader:orbit_downloader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
orbitdownloader orbit_downloader 2.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:orbitdownloader:orbit_downloader:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
orbitdownloader orbit_downloader 2.6.3 cpe:2.3:a:orbitdownloader:orbit_downloader:2.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
orbitdownloader orbit_downloader 2.6.4 cpe:2.3:a:orbitdownloader:orbit_downloader:2.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
orbitdownloader orbit_downloader 2.6.5 cpe:2.3:a:orbitdownloader:orbit_downloader:2.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
orbitdownloader orbit_downloader 2.7.1 cpe:2.3:a:orbitdownloader:orbit_downloader:2.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
orbitdownloader orbit_downloader 2.7.3 cpe:2.3:a:orbitdownloader:orbit_downloader:2.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
orbitdownloader orbit_downloader 2.7.5 cpe:2.3:a:orbitdownloader:orbit_downloader:2.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
orbitdownloader orbit_downloader 2.7.6 cpe:2.3:a:orbitdownloader:orbit_downloader:2.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
orbitdownloader orbit_downloader 2.7.7 cpe:2.3:a:orbitdownloader:orbit_downloader:2.7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
orbitdownloader orbit_downloader 2.7.8 cpe:2.3:a:orbitdownloader:orbit_downloader:2.7.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
orbitdownloader orbit_downloader 2.7.9 cpe:2.3:a:orbitdownloader:orbit_downloader:2.7.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
orbitdownloader orbit_downloader 2.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:orbitdownloader:orbit_downloader:2.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
orbitdownloader orbit_downloader 2.8.2 cpe:2.3:a:orbitdownloader:orbit_downloader:2.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
orbitdownloader orbit_downloader 2.8.3 cpe:2.3:a:orbitdownloader:orbit_downloader:2.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
orbitdownloader orbit_downloader 2.8.4 cpe:2.3:a:orbitdownloader:orbit_downloader:2.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
orbitdownloader orbit_downloader 2.8.5 cpe:2.3:a:orbitdownloader:orbit_downloader:2.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-1064

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