CVE-2009-1429

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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.

Published: 2009-04-29 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2009-1429 is rated High Exploit Risk (88.2/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 87.93%, 100th percentile). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2009-1429

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
17699 exploit_db edb 2011-08-19 Exploit-DB ↗
10340 exploit_db edb 2009-04-28 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-1429

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 2026-06-15 89.61% 87.93% -1.69%
2 2026-05-03 89.99% 89.61% -0.38%
3 2026-02-16 — 89.99% —

Full EPSS history (19 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-1429

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C 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:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-1429

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-1429

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
symantec antivirus <= 9.0 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:antivirus:*:-:corporate:*:*:*:*:*
symantec antivirus <= 10.1 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:antivirus:*:*:corporate:*:*:*:*:*
symantec antivirus <= 10.2 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:antivirus:*:*:corporate:*:*:*:*:*
symantec antivirus — cpe:2.3:a:symantec:antivirus:-:-:srv:*:*:*:*:*
symantec antivirus 10.0 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:antivirus:10.0:*:corporate:*:*:*:*:*
symantec antivirus 10.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:antivirus:10.0.1:*:corporate:*:*:*:*:*
symantec antivirus 10.0.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:antivirus:10.0.1.1:*:corporate:*:*:*:*:*
symantec antivirus 10.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:antivirus:10.0.2:*:corporate:*:*:*:*:*
symantec antivirus 10.0.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:antivirus:10.0.2.1:*:corporate:*:*:*:*:*
symantec antivirus 10.0.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:antivirus:10.0.2.2:*:corporate:*:*:*:*:*
symantec antivirus 10.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:antivirus:10.0.3:*:corporate:*:*:*:*:*
symantec antivirus 10.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:antivirus:10.0.4:*:corporate:*:*:*:*:*
symantec antivirus 10.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:antivirus:10.0.5:*:corporate:*:*:*:*:*
symantec antivirus 10.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:antivirus:10.0.6:*:corporate:*:*:*:*:*
symantec antivirus 10.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:antivirus:10.0.7:*:corporate:*:*:*:*:*
symantec antivirus 10.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:antivirus:10.0.8:*:corporate:*:*:*:*:*
symantec antivirus 10.0.9 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:antivirus:10.0.9:*:corporate:*:*:*:*:*
symantec antivirus_central_quarantine_server — cpe:2.3:a:symantec:antivirus_central_quarantine_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec client_security <= 3.1 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:client_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec client_security 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:client_security:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec client_security 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:client_security:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec client_security 3.0.0.359 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:client_security:3.0.0.359:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec client_security 3.0.1.1000 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:client_security:3.0.1.1000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec client_security 3.0.1.1001 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:client_security:3.0.1.1001:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec client_security 3.0.1.1007 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:client_security:3.0.1.1007:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec client_security 3.0.1.1008 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:client_security:3.0.1.1008:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec client_security 3.0.1.1009 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:client_security:3.0.1.1009:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec client_security 3.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:client_security:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec client_security 3.0.2.2000 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:client_security:3.0.2.2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec client_security 3.0.2.2001 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:client_security:3.0.2.2001:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec client_security 3.0.2.2002 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:client_security:3.0.2.2002:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec client_security 3.0.2.2010 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:client_security:3.0.2.2010:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec client_security 3.0.2.2011 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:client_security:3.0.2.2011:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec client_security 3.0.2.2020 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:client_security:3.0.2.2020:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec client_security 3.0.2.2021 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:client_security:3.0.2.2021:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec endpoint_protection <= 11.0 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec system_center — cpe:2.3:a:symantec:system_center:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-1429

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