CVE-2009-1077

Exp

The Change My Password implementation in the admin interface in Sun Java System Identity Manager (IdM) 7.0 through 8.0 does not enforce the RequiresChallenge property setting, which allows remote authenticated users to change the passwords of other users, as demonstrated by changing the administrator's password.

Published: 2009-03-25 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2009-1077 is rated High Exploit Risk (70.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.93%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2009-1077

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-1077

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 2025-03-17 1.03% 1.93% +0.90%
2 2024-12-17 0.78% 1.03% +0.25%
3 2024-09-17 — 0.78% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-1077

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-1077

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-1077

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sun java_system_identity_manager 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:java_system_identity_manager:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun java_system_identity_manager 7.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:java_system_identity_manager:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun java_system_identity_manager 7.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:java_system_identity_manager:7.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun java_system_identity_manager 8.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:java_system_identity_manager:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-1077

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