CVE-2009-4372

Exp

AlienVault Open Source Security Information Management (OSSIM) 2.1.5, and possibly other versions before 2.1.5-4, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the uniqueid parameter to (1) wcl.php, (2) storage_graphs.php, (3) storage_graphs2.php, (4) storage_graphs3.php, and (5) storage_graphs4.php in sem/.

Published: 2009-12-21 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-4372 is rated High Exploit Risk (72.8/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.82%, 91th percentile). Core evidence: 5 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-2009-4372

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-4372

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 8.82% 4.82% -4.00%
2 2025-03-30 6.98% 8.82% +1.85%
3 2025-03-29 6.98%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-4372

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/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:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-4372

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-4372

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
alienvault open_source_security_information_management 2.1.5 cpe:2.3:a:alienvault:open_source_security_information_management:2.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alienvault open_source_security_information_management 2.1.5-1 cpe:2.3:a:alienvault:open_source_security_information_management:2.1.5-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alienvault open_source_security_information_management 2.1.5-2 cpe:2.3:a:alienvault:open_source_security_information_management:2.1.5-2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alienvault open_source_security_information_management 2.1.5-3 cpe:2.3:a:alienvault:open_source_security_information_management:2.1.5-3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-4372

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