CVE-2009-4189

Exp

HP Operations Manager has a default password of OvW*busr1 for the ovwebusr account, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a session that uses the manager role to conduct unrestricted file upload attacks against the /manager servlet in the Tomcat servlet container. NOTE: this might overlap CVE-2009-3099 and CVE-2009-3843.

Published: 2009-12-03 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2009-4189 is rated High Exploit Risk (89.1/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 83.49%, 99th percentile). 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-2009-4189

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
16317 exploit_db edb 2010-12-14 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-4189

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 2025-12-12 84.15% 83.49% -0.66%
2 2025-10-17 83.49% 84.15% +0.66%
3 2025-04-26 — 83.49% —

Full EPSS history (16 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-4189

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-2009-4189

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-4189

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
hp operations_manager — cpe:2.3:a:hp:operations_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-4189

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