CVE-2009-2344

Exp

The web-based management interfaces in Sourcefire Defense Center (DC) and 3D Sensor before 4.8.2 allow remote authenticated users to gain privileges via a $admin value for the admin parameter in an edit action to admin/user/user.cgi and unspecified other components.

Published: 2009-07-07 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-2344 is rated High Exploit Risk (80.6/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.79%). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2009-2344

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
9074 exploit_db edb 2009-07-02 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-2344

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 2025-11-26 3.12% 2.79% -0.33%
2 2025-03-30 3.46% 3.12% -0.34%
3 2025-03-29 3.46%

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-2344

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/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:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
8.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-2344

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-2344

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sourcefire 3d_sensor <= 4.8.1 cpe:2.3:h:sourcefire:3d_sensor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sourcefire 3d_sensor 4.8 cpe:2.3:h:sourcefire:3d_sensor:4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sourcefire 3d_sensor 4.8.0.3 cpe:2.3:h:sourcefire:3d_sensor:4.8.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sourcefire 3d_sensor 4.8.0.4 cpe:2.3:h:sourcefire:3d_sensor:4.8.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sourcefire defense_center <= 4.8.1 cpe:2.3:h:sourcefire:defense_center:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sourcefire defense_center 4.8 cpe:2.3:h:sourcefire:defense_center:4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sourcefire defense_center 4.8.0.3 cpe:2.3:h:sourcefire:defense_center:4.8.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sourcefire defense_center 4.8.0.4 cpe:2.3:h:sourcefire:defense_center:4.8.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-2344

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